It was a cold and windy day. There were snow flakes and wet snow. Thousands of people gathered and lined-up along the streets of Toronto and waited anxiously for Santa’s arrival. And yeah, despite the weather and the long wait….everyone was cheery and happy , feeling the spirit of Christmas in the air.
There were decorated and colourful floats upon floats.
There were fancy characters.
There were marching bands.
There were clowns.
And then there was Santa
Hey, I even had the chance to meet again with Angelo. Check out his blog, he even has photos of me there. Thanks Angelo. It was nice to see you again.
All in all it was a fun day.
Mga Muni-muni 
Yahoo! Love the pics Leah, I think I missed Mother Goose. That was a fun parade, I’m really glad I found you guys in that crowd. It was great to see and your family again. Merry Christmas!
By: Angelo on November 17, 2008
at 3:41 pm
wow leah, that was some parade! 😉 we never have anything like that here ;-(
By: caryn on November 17, 2008
at 10:19 pm
What a great parade! I really liked Mr Potato Head. I think France is not a parade-y country at all 🙂 And it’s already Christmas!!!
By: Makis on November 18, 2008
at 4:20 am
In the 6 years that we lived in Toronto, we NEVER watched the parade… something always comes up on the day of the parade. 😦
By: JO on November 18, 2008
at 9:23 pm
I love that parade, it’s so fascinating to see Santa Claus…I’d love to see that too.
By: sheng on November 19, 2008
at 1:18 am
Great pics! Thanks for sharing 🙂 I love the polar bears and the huskies ^_^
By: Sinta on November 19, 2008
at 5:28 am
” Oh Grandma, what big eyes you have!”
I like those gigantic floats! The pics reminded me of a Disney Parade , ang saya-saya!
It’s nice to know you had a great time, and you were able to ‘bump’ into Angelo again.
The pic he took of you and Samantha is so nice.
By: Gina G. on November 19, 2008
at 8:33 am
it will be my turn to watch the parade on thanksgiving day next week.
once again, nice shots. 🙂
By: mitsuru on November 20, 2008
at 11:12 am
Thank you very much for sharing these. Love the photos 🙂
By: SQ on November 20, 2008
at 10:03 pm
great pics and sure enough, it didn’t rain ! 😆
By: bw on November 21, 2008
at 2:03 am
This event looks interesting. Sarap siguro mag picture-picture dito, no?
By: Abaniko on November 23, 2008
at 12:51 am
cool parade, leah.
especially liked the bears, hahaha.
must be because i resemble one.
keep ’em coming!
By: lagalog on November 24, 2008
at 10:06 am
louna enjoyed the pictures, esp the last one. she’s impatient to meet santa in person.. i think we’ll pass by paris disneyland after xmas.
By: analyse on November 27, 2008
at 12:25 pm
wow! i am only half an hour from Toronto, but cant go…but your pictures were able to transport me and see it vicariously.
Thanks Leah! A
By: junnie Arreza on November 27, 2008
at 1:35 pm
Great photos Leah. Thanks for sharing these wonderful highlights of the parade. I showed it to Yohan and he enjoyed looking at the photos too.
By: Rach (Heart of Rachel) on November 27, 2008
at 10:01 pm
ang ganda!!!!
Kala ko nasa Paris Disneyland kayo.
By: Francesca on November 28, 2008
at 3:15 pm
Ang galing naman! Why isn’t a Red Riding Hood with the big bad wolf? 🙂 Nice that the crowd isn’t as big if the parade were here. 🙂
By: tanivillamora on December 2, 2008
at 11:34 pm
Hi Leah! I’m back from New York, I made it to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Thanks for inspiring me to go to another parade hehe. I only got a few pics though, coz I was late, plus there were so many people. The balloons were awesome, I wish we could get balloons for our parade. How are things? Hope everything is great.
By: Angelo on December 3, 2008
at 2:13 pm
Hi Leah, back with jet lag 😦 ! Definitely Fabulous….It’s nice to know that Canada organizes this kind of event, it’s great for the kids even for the big KIDS like us. Hope we France will have something like this !
By: haze on December 3, 2008
at 3:15 pm
Beautiful photos of Santa Claus Parade.I hope I can visit the streets of Toronto for this Christmas celebration.
By: visuallens on December 15, 2008
at 12:12 am
How delightful!! I especially like the very first one. Is that the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood? 🙂
By: toni on December 16, 2008
at 4:19 am