My family is Portuguese and they did the whole "speak Portuguese when we don't want the kids to know what we're saying" thing, which didn't work because kids learn languages really easily. Nobody taught me so I can't speak it very well but I can translate into English, as long as whoever is speaking has the same accent as my family...
Personally, I'd rather we started celebrating everyone's religious holidays instead of tiptoeing around Christmas. More parties and we get to learn about different cultures.
The smallest Canadian city that I'd think most people around the world might know about is Niagara Falls, although they might only know about the falls and not know that it's also a city.
Edit: I thought the question meant people around the world but I guess it could also mean just the people in your own country..
My parents used to take us to Florida in January in the 90s. It was nice and not crowded, including Disney World. It's probably not the same anymore though.
I stepped out of a van wrong and completely tore my acl and mcl and partially tore my lcl (basically, fucked up my knee).