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The Toronto Santa Claus Parade, also branded as The Original Santa Claus Parade, is a Santa Claus parade held annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. First held in 1905, it is one of the largest parade productions in North America , the oldest Santa Claus parade in the world, and one of the world's oldest annual parades.
A rocket ship float with Santa Claus during a Christmas parade in Los Angeles, 1940. The Christmas parade is a direct descendant of late Medieval and Renaissance revivals of Roman Triumphs, which had music and banners, wagons filled with the spoils of war, and climaxed with the dux riding in a chariot, preferably drawn by two horses, and thus called the biga.
Due to the number of spectators at the event, there was an increase in traffic, causing chaos throughout the streets of Toronto. The new parade route that had been implemented this year was blamed for the traffic jams. All major routes within the downtown core were either, blocked, re-routed or backed up from traffic. [97]
Ajax: Santa Claus Parade; Beeton: Santa Claus Parade, route from Jackson Plaza to the Fairgrounds. Bowmanville: Santa Claus Parade; Brampton: Brampton Santa Claus Parade organized by the Brampton Board of Trade, Santa's Parade at Shoppers World Brampton; Brantford: JCI Brantford Santa Claus Parade; Brighton: Santa Claus Parade
There’s also a Sensory Sensitive Zone at the start of the route, Santa Reception at the Rahr-West Art Museum (610 N. Eighth St.) at the end of the parade, and free hot chocolate, reindeer ...
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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 ...
Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...