Introduction of Christmas activities

1. Visit Santa Claus: During Christmas, parents take their children to the shopping center and let them take photos with the amiable Santa Claus. In addition to shopping malls, many parks, such as MountsbergConservationArea, will give children magical experiences, such as watching the old man come to him in a horse-drawn sleigh under the stars and chatting face to face with Santa Claus.

2. Santa Claus Parade: Santa Claus Parade will be staged from mid-October to mid-February in both big cities and small cities. Besides Santa Claus, there are usually Christmas-themed floats and bands in the parade. The popular Santa Claus Parade in Toronto and Vancouver attracts countless people every year. If you want to grab the best viewing spot, you need to arrive in advance. There are not so many people watching the parade in the town, but sometimes it is more interesting.

3. Cream tart and other foods: During Christmas, Canadians will make many special foods, including the very popular cream tart, which is similar to walnut pie and made of cream and sugar. Tourtiere is a Quebec pie, which is especially popular in winter, especially on Christmas Eve. NanaimoBars is a Christmas dessert in British Columbia, made of cream and chocolate.

4. Winter Lantern Festival: Winter Lantern Festival begins in June 165438+ 10 and lasts until Christmas and New Year. The Niagara Falls Lantern Festival includes not only lantern exhibitions, lantern exhibitions, but also fireworks. Toronto will hold a one-night Christmas tree lighting celebration. Besides the glowing Christmas tree, there will be fireworks and live music. Not only big cities, but also smaller places will hold such activities.

5. Playing snowmobiles at Christmas: In Alberta, there is a very popular activity at Christmas, that is, snowmobiles, provided the weather permits. Children standing on sledges, pulled by snowmobiles, are often thrown into snowdrifts, which leads to laughter.

6.BoxingDay: Boxing Day is 65438+February 26th every year, which may be a tradition that originated in Britain-employers will pack gifts for their servants in boxes and give them on February 26th, 65438 as a reward for their hard work before Christmas. Nowadays, Boxing Day has become a shopping day after Christmas, and many businesses will take the opportunity to have a big sale. Some customers queue up a few hours in advance, and their shopping enthusiasm is very high!

7. Singing Christmas carols: Although the activity of singing Christmas carols seems to be getting farther and farther away from us, it can still be seen in some shopping malls, and if you are lucky, maybe someone will come to sing. Singing carols is forbidden in some public places, because it is considered as over-promoting Christianity without considering other religions and beliefs.