Growing up, my family didn’t even celebrate Christmas – but that didn’t mean I couldn’t fall in love with Toronto’s Santa Claus Parade
The first time I heard about Santa Claus was when the parade came to town. Growing up, my father was a butcher in Toronto’s Kensington Market, back then it was the Jewish market in the heart of downtown. My family didn’t even celebrate Christmas but that didn’t mean I couldn’t fall in love with the city’s Santa Claus Parade, one of the world’s largest Santa parades.
I was fascinated by the costumed children sitting on the floats – always waving to the crowd. Who were these children? How did they come to occupy their vaulted position on top of a float? Whoever they were, I knew I wanted to be one of them. I wanted to be in the parade. I wanted to wave as the entire city lined the streets to see me. This quickly became my ultimate fantasy.
About 20 years later, I was able to see the parade again through my children’s eyes. I was delighted that the upside clowns had survived the test of time and were still attempting to shake my daughter’s hand with their feet. The job was pretty easy. Our primary focus was keeping children safe and making sure the costumed marchers stayed in a straight line . I wasn’t supposed to interact with the crowd at all but I found it next to impossible to stop myself from watching so many adoring onlookers as I walked past. It was a heady experience. Some kids wanted to shake my hand. Others thrust their letters to Santa at me, which I collected and deposited in a mailbox at the end of the parade.
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