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The idea for the parade originated from an earlier promotion by the Eaton's chain of department stores, on 2 December 1904, when Santa walked from Union Station to the downtown Toronto Eaton store on Queen Street. [1] [2] The first official Toronto Santa Claus Parade was first held on December 2, 1905, with a single float. [1]
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Brisbane: Myer Christmas Parade and Pantomime [5]; Bundaberg: Pageant of Lights.Held annually in early December. Cooroy: Christmas in Cooroy.A two-day annual event, with the street parade held on the first Saturday in December
Eaton sponsored the annual Eaton's Santa Claus Parade in Toronto. The first parade took place on December 2, 1905. For a number of years, Eaton's Santa Claus Parades were also held in Winnipeg and Montreal. By the 1950s, the Toronto parade was the largest in North America, stretching for a mile and a half and involving thousands of participants.
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Several events occur over the course of the festivities celebrating Caribbean culture. While the Parade of Bands is the most-well known festivities, events vary per year and in the past has included exhibits (for example the first Caribana displayed every book published by a Caribbean writer, including Austin Clarke who was the centrepiece of the exhibition); theatre plays (such as Austin ...
Yonge–Dundas Square is a public square at the southeast corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.. Designed by Brown and Storey Architects, the square was conceived in 1997 as part of revitalizing the intersect
What Knack, a 27-year-old right-hander from Johnson City, Tenn., described as a “whirlwind” month in the wake of the Nov. 1 downtown parade and Dodger Stadium celebration began with an ...