A lot of the time there’s a lot of elves, like people dressed up as elves throwing candy and candy canes and stuff. – Eamon Dawson

“The Santa Claus parade has been going on here since the forties. And I can remember when the Santa Claus parade went down the main street of Bracebridge.” – Gary Denniss

“It sounds fun and exciting, we’d also at some points be like, ‘my hands are tired, I’m just gonna wave with my feet!’” – Roxy Vanheerden, Oakville, ON

“You get a very different perspective when you’re in a costume.” – Pam Damoff, Oakville, ON

“We would just sit in a little box, like that big, and the kids would sit in there and wave to everyone.” – Karah, Maya, Jenna, and Ella Jensen, Oakville, ON