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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.
Eaton's Santa Claus Parade in 1926, with ... It was the first underground pathway in Toronto open to ... 2001. Nasmith, George G., Timothy Eaton, Toronto ...
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.
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.
Toronto Santa Claus Parade This page was last edited on 26 November 2020, at 10:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
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First escalator in Toronto is installed at an Eaton's store on Queen Street West. 1905: December 2: The first Toronto Santa Claus Parade is held. 1906: November 19: Electricity generated at Niagara Falls begins to be supplied to Toronto. [18] The Toronto Professional Hockey Club is established as the first professional ice hockey team in ...
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