This weekend, if you’re in Niagara-on-the-Lake you’ll likely be doing one of two things: avoiding the Santa Claus parade or embracing the Santa Claus parade.
If you’d like to do the former, here’s what you need to know:
- There will be more than 100 entries, including school groups and businesses like Simpson’s Apothecary.
- Music will play an important role, thanks to crowd favourites like the Top Hat Marching Band and new musical acts like the Blue Saints Drum & Bugle Corps.
- Leading the way in horse-drawn carriages, the Niagara-on-the-Lake War of 1812 Bicentennial Committee will act as honourary grand marshal.
- The parade will start at 11 am at Parliament Oak Elementary School, on the corner of King and Centre streets.
Should you wish to pursue the latter option (that is, to pass on Santa’s parade), head over to Pilliteri Estates Winery, a 3-min drive from our Presentation Centre. Beginning at noon, you’ll be able to shop and welcome the festive season with hot chocolate, mulled wine, fresh baked cookies, and music.
Later, at around 6:30 pm, drop by Jackson Triggs, just a stone’s throw from us, and attend the winery’s December Savour the Sights Holiday Edition, comprising of five courses of fine wine and food and featuring a festive fireside finish. (Please click here for more details and for information on how to reserve.)
We turn it over to you: which will it be—the jolly man in a read suit or a case of wine? Maybe both? Let us know!
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