MONTREAL – Santa Claus is coming to town on Saturday, officially kicking off the holiday season in Montreal.
Young children wrapped in warm blankets lined the sidewalks on Ste-Catherine Street eagerly awaiting the 65th edition of the Santa Claus Parade.
The excitement was palpable with kids, some wearing big red noses and yellow antlers, chanting: “Père Noël, Père Noël,” or “Santa Claus, Santa Claus.”
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Starting at 11:00 a.m., more than twenty floats, including the Star Fairy’s and Santa Claus’s started making their way along Ste-Catherine Street West, starting at Fort Street, to wrap up on Saint-Urbain Street.
Dancers and street perfomers joined the fray, entertaining the crowds along the way.
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