Christmas parades

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

In most Canadian cities, children and adults alike consider the annual Santa Claus parade as a sign that the Christmas season is here. Everyone gets bundled up and huddles along the parade route with family and friends to:
  • watch excited children
  • catch candy canes
  • listen to marching bands, bagpipers and carols blasting from floats
  • sip hot drinks
  • don a Santa hat, festive headbands and other Christmas accessories
  • ooooh and ahhhhh at all the lights
  • wave to mascots and people on passing floats
  • donate canned goods to food banks
  • hum along to Christmas songs 
  • cheer on all the firefighters in their decked out trucks
  • spot the bearded guy ho-ho-ho'ing at the end of the parade
It's official, the season is upon us, so here's a tidbit of Christmas parade trivia for you:

In 1913, thanks to the Eaton family and the citizens of Labrador, the14th annual Toronto Santa Claus Parade featured real reindeer pulling Santa's float through the streets of Ontario's capital city.

Now that's

      AWESOME!!!

Fire trucks, tractors and a blurring glimpse of Santa at Charlottetown's 2011 Christmas Parade

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