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Winterfest At Canada's Wonderland

* 2019
* 2020
* 2023

**Winterfest** Is an event at Cedar Fair's Canada's Wonderland during The Holiday Season. The event offers many things for families to do, which includes skating on Snowflake Lake, watch shows, meet Santa, or be amazed by the light displays. This event has been running at the park since 2019. The event also runs at many other Cedar Fair parks, including Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, California's Great America in Santa Clara, California, and World Of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri.

## History With The Parade

In 2019, Canada's Wonderland partnered up with the parade to sponsor a float to promote the new holiday event called Winterfest. The float featured snowy Christmas trees with red ornaments, an elf and snowman skating on the fountain skating pond and a replica of Wonder Mountain. Jack Frost, the Sugar Plum Fairy and Mother Ginger appeared in front of Wonder Mountain.

In 2020, the parade took place at Canada's Wonderland during Winterfest. International Street was decorated with lots of lights and decorations.

That same year, the Winterfest float was re-done to feature Snoopy and Charlie Brown instead of the snowman and elf, but it ended up not making the cut because of the park's closure for the 2020 season.

The following year, the float made its proper sophomore appearance, now featuring Snoopy and Charlie Brown ice skating, along with an ornament stack to replicate the real larger-than-life ornament stacks spread throughout the park. Jack Frost and the Sugar Plum Fairy returned, now joined by Candy Cane. In addition, since Winterfest was happening during the 2021 season, every decoration was added to the display. The two trees were at the front, the Winterfest logo was in the flower garden, and the fountains became Snowflake Lake.

In 2022 the float made its in-person return with the new additions. The Sugar Plum fairy, Gingerbread Man and Holly the Elf rode on the float, marking the first time where Jack Frost doesn't make an appearance, while Charlie Brown and his beloved beagle skated down the route. However, Charlie Brown was skating backwards for some reason.

The float got yet another revamp for 2023, with the ornament stack now being replaced with trees and streetlights. The base of the float was also decorated with poinsettias.

## See also

* Winterfest At Canada's Wonderland/Gallery
One Direction

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One Direction (Also known as 1D) was a British pop boyband that toured all over the world from 2010 to 2016, which was when they broke up. The band was formed in a 2010 episode of The X-Factor, when five contestants teamed up to form the most popular boyband of the 2010s. The group consisted of Zayn Malik (Who departed from the group in 2015), Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, and the most famous of the five, Harry Styles. During their time together, they had many hits, including the chart-topping hit "What Makes You Beautiful" (released in 2011), along with "Story Of My Life" and "Best Song Ever", both of which were released in 2013.

## History with the Parade

In 2012, One Direction reached out to the Santa Claus Parade and asked if they could have a float for the parade to promote their new album, "Take Me Home". The only problem was that the designers ran out of time to make one, so they decided to have them sponsor the Polar Bear float, which was originally sponsored by Coca-Cola and was supposed to retire after 2011, but they brought the float back for one more parade as a last-minute addition.

In 2013, the designers gave 1D their first (And only) proper float to promote their album, "Midnight Memories". The float featured bobblehead-like versions of the five members, with speakers blasting their music all over the float. this float was retired after the 2013 parade, as not only was it made to promote an album, but also because although they were loved by girls, the group got an insane amount of hate from boys when they were together.
Sharon, Lois & Bram

Sharon, Lois & Bram were Canadian children's entertainers. They were popular throughout the late 1970's 1980's and 1990's. The group is famous for their Elephant Show, as seen on Nickelodeon and TVOntario, now known as TVO.

## History With The Parade

Sharon, Lois & Bram first appeared in the 1981 parade, as they hosted the CBC telecast along with Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street. There isn't much footage of the 1981 parade because it is lost media, although Retrontario does have footage of the 1981 parade restored. What we do know for sure is that Sharon, Lois and Bram opened the 1981 CBC telecast with the first known performance in the parade's history, which was an original song written exclusively for the parade.

After so many years, the two members of the group that are still alive, Sharon and Bram, appeared during a Celebrity Greeting segment from the 2021 parade, making a lot of the grown-ups who grew up listening to them excited. The two were featured again in the 2022 parade.
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc., an abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System and commonly shortened to CBS, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network. It is the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global. The network's headquarters are at the CBS Building in New York City, with major production facilities and operations at the CBS Broadcast Center and Paramount headquarters One Astor Plaza also in that city and Television City and the CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles.

## History with the Parade

In 1977, CBS would start broadcasting the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade as one of the many parades in the CBS All-American Thanksgiving Parade, their way of competing with NBC's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade telecasts. In addition to the Toronto Parade, the All-American Thanksgiving Parade also featured New York's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Detroit's America's Thanksgiving Parade, Philadelphia's 6ABC Thanksgiving Day Parade, Hawaii's Aloha Floral Parade, various Disneyland parades including Hooray For Disney Stars and The World According To Goofy, and Opryland USA's former Thanksgiving parade where floats would travel through the hotel's river. The last time the Santa Claus Parade was featured on the All-American Thanksgiving Parade was sometime in the mid-1990s before it was replaced by the Opryland USA parade. The parade would be shown to American viewers every year until 2003, when CBS lost the rights to broadcast every parade except New York's. This disappointed many, as many Americans loved Toronto's parade.

In 1995, a scene from the Forever Knight Season 3 episode "Night in Question" was filmed at the Parade Warehouse, where Nick walks around the parade warehouse while recalling what happened when he got shot in the exact same location.

## Hosts

Below, you will find a list of every known host that broadcasted the parade during its time on the network and which CBS shows they represented. Some information may be incorrect because many of these parades are lost media.

* Linda Lavin, Alice (1980)
* Ted Shackelford, Knots Landing (1980, 1985)
* Scott Baio, Charles in Charge (1984)
* Celia Weston, Alice (1984)
* Madge Sinclair, Trapper John, M.D. (1985)
* Rebecca Schaeffer, My Sister Sam (1986)
* David Rappaport, The Wizard (1986)
* David Beecroft, Silent Whisper (1988)
* Kristian Alfonso, Falcon Crest (1988)
* Anne-Marie Johnson, In the Heat of the Night (1992)
* Frank Dicopoulos, Guiding Light (1992)
Eaton's

Eaton's was a department store chain based in Toronto. The company was founded in 1869 by Timothy Eaton. The brand discontinued operations in 1999 as a company and 2002 as a brand.

## History With The Parade

From the parade's inaugural year in 1905 up until 1981, Eaton's served as the official sponsor of the parade. The company discontinued the parade in 1982, but to the children's delight, Ron Barbaro, George Cohon and many companies brought the parade back to life.
Cozy By The Fire

Cozy by the Fire is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

This float made its debut in the 2015 parade. It features three friends; a moose, a beaver and a raccoon all enjoying cups of coffee while warming up at a fireplace. This float returned in 2016., with the characters now sipping on the interactive coffee cups.
Beasties: Transformers

Beasties: Transformers is a television series that was part of the Transformers franchise. The show first aired in March of 1996 and ended in 1999. The show was known as Beasties in Canada and Beast Wars in the United States. The Beasties series was also the first computer animated Transformers series, produced by Vancouver-based animation studio Mainframe Entertainment.

The series is set in the future, 300 years following the original Transformers series and the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. This series has the same formula as its predecessor, showcasing a war between the Maximals and Predacons, animal descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons.

## History with the Parade

In the early years of licensed floats in the modern era of the parade, Hasbro partnered with the parade to design a Beasties float because of the show's popularity. The float was basically a giant self-propelled version of Optimus Primal with costumed versions of Bumblebee and Megatron riding on his back. The following year, the float was refurbished into a generic pink gorilla float.
Polar Bear (2005)

The Polar Bear is a self-propelled float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

This massive bear from the North debuted in the 2005 parade. Unlike past self-propelled polar bear float, he was a self-propelled version of the Coca-Cola Polar Bear. He was a massive float that turned his head and winked his giant eyes, and he also pulled a smaller float with a happy couple riding an emerald green sleigh. This float returned in the 2006 parade and was retired after that.
Parade Dates Through the Years

The Santa Claus Parade is mostly held on the third Sunday of November every year. Below is a list of every known Santa Claus Parade date.

* **1930**- November 15th, 1930
* **1935**- November 16th, 1935
* **1962**- November 17th, 1962
* **1966**- November 20th, 1966
* **1970**- November 15th, 1970
* **1971**- November 13th, 1971
* **1981**- November 1st, 1981
* **1983**- November 13th, 1983
* **1986**- November 16th, 1986
* **1990**- November 17th, 1990
* **1991**- November 16th, 1991
* **1992**- November 15th, 1992
* **1993**- November 20th, 1993
* **1994**- November 19th, 1994
* **1995**- November 18th, 1995
* **1996**- November 17th, 1996
* **1997**- November 16th, 1997
* **1998**- November 15th, 1998
* **1999**- November 20th, 1999
* **2000**- November 19th, 2000
* **2001**- November 18th, 2001
* **2002**- November 17th, 2002
* **2003**- November 16th, 2003
* **2004**- November 21st, 2004
* **2005**- November 20th, 2005
* **2006**- November 19th, 2006
* **2007**- November 18th, 2007
* **2008**- November 16th, 2008
* **2009**- November 15th, 2009
* **2010**- November 21st, 2010
* **2011**- November 20th, 2011
* **2012**- November 18th, 2012
* **2013**- November 17th, 2013
* **2014**- November 19th, 2014
* **2015**- November 15th, 2015
* **2016**- November 20th, 2016
* **2017**- November 19th, 2017
* **2018**- November 18th, 2018
* **2019**- November 17th, 2019
* **2020**- December 5th, 2020
* **2021**- December 4th, 2021
* **2022**- November 20th, 2022
* **2023**- November 26th, 2023
Global TV

Global TV is a Canadian broadcasting network service owned by Corus Entertainment. The broadcasting network's headquarters are in Vancouver, British Columbia, and in addition to news broadcasts, Global has broadcasted other programs, including Survivor, Big Brother, and many more reality TV shows. They also broadcasted the Toronto Santa Claus Parade from 1985 to 2009.

## History with the Parade

In 1985, Global took over the main broadcasting duties for the Santa Claus Parade, filling in for CBC. They would continue hosting the parade until their final parade in 2009. the following year, CTV would take over.

## Hosts

Below, you will find a list of every known host that broadcasted the parade during its time on the network. Some information may be incorrect because many of these parades are lost media.

* John Dawe (1985-1994)
* Faye Dance (1985-1997)
* Sandy Hoyt (1985-1997)
* Susan Hay (1994-2008)
* Don Martin (1999-2004)
Toronto Police Pipe Band

The Toronto Police Pipe Band is a pipe band made up of police officers in the Greater Toronto Area, based in Stouffville, Ontario.

## History With The Parade

This band first appeared in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade in approximately 1979 as the first marching band of the parade that year, and they have always been the first band every year until 2006, when the Top Hat Marching Orchestra claimed that role. In 2015, they became the first band again, and they appeared until 2019, that is, until the band returned in 2021.
Canada 150

Canada 150 is the 150th anniversary celebration of the creation of Canada. This milestone was celebrated in 2017.

## History with the Parade

In 2016, a float to promote the birthday celebration was made, featuring a boat sailing through the ocean in front of the Canada 150 Maple Leaf. This float was recycled from the Darcy's Toy Delivery float from Sears, which appeared the previous year. This float was retired after its only appearance in 2016 parade.
Nutella

Nutella is a Canadian company known for making cookies.

## History With The Parade

In 2019, Nutella agreed to sponsor a new float for the 2019 parade. The float was recycled from the Timbits Sports float, and it featured Nutella cookies celebrating the holidays. The float made its only appearance in 2019.

The following year, the float's base was reused for the Celebrating Our Heroes float.
The Tin Soldier

The Tin Soldier is a Nutcracker-related story written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It tells the story of a one-legged soldier who falls in love with a ballerina, but they don't get together until he's gone through a series of misadventures, such as a trip to sea in a paper boat and being swallowed by a fish. The story is a mashup of many other stories, such as The Nutcracker and Pinocchio.

## History with the Parade

The only known Tin Soldier float was from 1992, and it features the Tin Soldier (Recycled from 1985's Toy Soldier float) on the paper boat being chased by the fish that ate him. The ballerina also appears, kidnapped by the evil Jack-In-The-Box.

The Tin Soldier was one of the toy soldiers from the 1985 Toy Soldier float, but this time one of his legs was removed to make him one-legged just like in the story.
Farmer O'Hare

Farmer O'Hare is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

This float made its debut in the 1992 parade. It was a self-propelled old school produce truck driven by Farmer O'Hare himself. On the back of O'Hare's cyan truck are dozens of carrots that he has grown in his garden, and he is driving them off to a grocery store. His truck has small details too. His license plate is 123-HOP, and instead of a logo, a golden 1992 is on the truck's grill.
Polar Fun

Polar Fun is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

This float was added in 2001, and it was under the sponsorship of Coca-Cola. The float features Mama Polar Bear giving her son Junior a fishing lesson, and with a little help from his fine flippered friend, Junior reels in the catch of the day. By fine flippered friend, we're not talking about the penguin, who's also gone fishing, but rather the seal at the bottom of the ice, lifting his head out of the ground as a way of giving Junior a boost. the float returned in 2002 and was retired after that and replaced with Polar Power.
Snowmobile Fun

(Photo: Mike Boon)

Snowmobile Fun is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

This float made its debut in the 2006 parade, and it featured three plush animals having the ride of their life on a giant snowmobile. A bear, a moose and a beaver all droce down the parade route on their giant maroon snowmobile. This float returned in the 2007 parade, and this time, it was repainted red.
The Food Train

* 2008
* 2009

The Food Train is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History With The Parade

In 2008, Metro agreed to sponsor a float called the Food Train. It was a gingerbread train with gingerbread men, who were reused from the Gingerbread House float from 2007, along with a lobster that was reused from the Underwater Musicians float that appeared in 2000 and 2001.

In 2009, the float got an upgrade. An extra car was added, along with even more food, including a carrot, a tomato and corn on the cob. The float was retired after the 2009 parade.
Snow Fun

Snow Fun is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History With The Parade

The float was added in the 2016 parade as Metro would then start sponsoring Mrs. Claus' float. The float featured snowmen and penguins frolicking in the wintertime, following in the footsteps of the other winter-themed floats. This float made its only appearance in its debut year.
Chuckles The Clown

Chuckles the Clown was a float from the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

Chuckles was created for the 1978 Eaton's Santa Claus Parade. He was a colourful clown decked out in every colour under the sun, being carried down the parade route by dozens of balloons. Chuckles was also one of the biggest floats in the 1978 parade. He was very popular with the youthful audience in his debut year. He made his only appearance in the 1978 parade, and despite his retirement, his legacy lives on.
Polar Power

The float during the 2004 parade (Photo: NewCa.com)

Polar Power is a float that appeared in the Santa Claus Parade.

## History With The Parade

After the Polar Fun float retired in 2002, Coca-Cola agreed to sponsor a float called Polar Power, which features a polar bear riding a snowmobile. The float was featured in the 2003 parade, and was brought back in 2004, which was the year the parade celebrated its 100th anniversary. It was retired to make way for Coca-Cola's next float the following year.
Winter Frolics

*Not to be confused with 2020's Winter Forest float.*

Winter Frolics is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

The float made its debut in the 1985 parade, and it featured forest animals taking part in winter activities, such as playing hockey and hibernating. A raccoon, skunk and fox enjoyed some hockey action, an owl enjoyed the view from high up on top of the forest trees, squirrels and chipmunks gathered nuts, and many other forest creatures got ready for a long winter's nap. This float was so popular, so of course it had to come back in 1986, this time with the addition of a bear popping out of one of the trees.
The Four-and-Twenty Tailors

The Four-and-Twenty Tailors is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The rhyme goes, "Four-and-twenty tailors went to kill a snail. The best man amongst them durst not touch her tail. She put our her horns like a little Kyloe cow. Run, tailors, run, or she'll kill you all e'een now!"

## History with the Parade

In 1992, a float based on this lesser-known nursery rhyme was made for the 1992 parade. The float depicted a self-propelled snail, which is supposed to be the one from the nursery rhyme. As she inches down the parade route, her shell is also a house where each of the tailors are waving at the spectators.
Winter At The Cabin

Winter at the Cabin is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

This float debuted in 2022 as Desjardins Insurance's first float during their involvement with the parade, recycled from the Canadian Tire Corporation's Pond Hockey At The North Pole float. The float features two polar bears and a reindeer skating around in front of their shady winter cabin. The reindeer is a new sculpt, but the polar bears were reused from McDonald's Winter Sports float and the Countdown To Christmas 50/50 Raffle float. One is skating and the other is playing sledge hockey. This float will return to the lineup in 2023.
Liquorice The Circus Tiger

Liquorice The Circus Tiger is an original character created by Eaton's and the Parade Company.

## History With The Parade

Liquorice was completed before the 1980 parade. Rather than making his first appearance in the parade itself, Liquorice made his parade debut in the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade that same year as a way of promoting the Eaton's parade. At the time he was a generic tiger, and his circus attire wouldn't be added until before the Santa Claus Parade as one of the last-minute adjustments.

After a month of waiting for the big day, Liquorice made his proper first and only appearance in the 1980 parade before it was retired. It was also one of a few floats that moved from side to side rather than in a straight line. The others were Saint George And The Dragon and the Pioneer Welcome train float.
Canada Protection Plan

Canada Protection plan is a Canada-based company that offers affordable life insurance. The company's mascot is an unnamed yellow character that appears in animated commercials.

## History With The Parade

Canada Protection Plan's sponsorship began with the parade in 2017. The company sponsored the Mother Goose Float along with Foresters Financial. They wouldn't get their own float until 2018. The float was called Sledding Fun, and it featured the yellow characters riding toboggans down a snow hill, surrounded by forest animals. The float made its only appearance in 2018, but it would be recycled into the Timbits float the following year.

Because of the previous float being recycled into the Tim Hortons float, Canada Protection Plan got a new float called Snow Day, which featured the yellow characters having a snowball fight. The float was retired after the 2020 Parade.
The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a traditional fairy tale that tells the story of a piper who played his float to lead all the children and rats out of the town of the fictional town of Hamelin.

## History With The Parade

In 1980, Eaton's designed a giant rat that was led out of Hamelin and into Toronto with the Pied Piper himself riding on his back. The rat moved his feet down the route, with his nose sniffing and ears twitching.
Saint George And The Dragon

Saint George and the Dragon is an English legend that supposedly occurred in the 9th century. The legend is about St. George, a Christian knight, going to Silene (Now modern-day Libya) to defeat a dragon that relentlessly killed hundreds of villagers.

## History with the Parade

The only known time the legend was represented as a float was in 1980, with a self-propelled purple dragon. he moved diagonally rather than straight, his eyes closed, his mouth moved, his winds flapped, and St. George rode on his back.
Little People

Little People is a toy brand made for young children, produced by Fisher-Price. The line of products includes figures, playsets and mini-sets, which also includes accessories, books, CDs and DVDs focusing on original Little People characters created by Mattel and Fisher-Price. According to Mattel, over 2 billion Little People figures have been sold around the world, and in 2016, Little People was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.

## History with the Parade

The first time Little People was represented in the parade was in the 1977 Eaton's Santa Claus Parade with the Sesame Street float. This float was a recreation of the Little People Sesame Street Clubhouse playset. More info about this float can be read here.

In 2003, Fisher Price's Little People made their official Santa Claus Parade debut, and they were at the peak of their popularity with younger viewers at the time. The float depicted a winter scene with Eddie, Sonya Lee, Michael, and their friends skating and having fun in the snow. This float returned in the 2004 parade as the first float in the winter section. In 2005, the Little People returned on a new float, which was a carnival with a ferris wheel and a carousel.
Yahoo!

The float during its appearance in the 2009 parade.

Yahoo! Is a web services company.

## History With The Parade

Yahoo!'s sponsorship with the parade began in 2007, with a float featuring a girl watching the characters from her iPads coming to life. Characters on this float include the Mad Hatter from Alice In Wonderland, A Sabre-Toothed Cat (Recycled from the Circus float from 2001-2002 and repainted into a tiger in 2009) and a gondola (Replaced with South American tropical birds in 2009). The float was retired after the 2009 parade. Despite the float's retirement, the Mad Hatter from this float would be recycled and reused on the Alice In Wonderland floats from 2014-2017.
Hasbro

Hasbro is a multinational conglomerate holding company that is known for their toys and products. Headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Hasbro owns the trademarks and products of Kenner, Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers and Wizards of the Coast. Some of the products they own made by the aforementioned companies include Monopoly, Transformers, Power Rangers, My Little Pony, Mr. Potato Head, Tonka, Connect 4 among other board games, and many more.

## History with the Parade

A Hasbro float debuted in the 2011 float, and it featured a giant Tonka truck driven by Mr. Monopoly, with Twilight Sparkle of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Mr. Potato head riding on the dump bed.
Camp Zeddy

Camp Zeddy is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

As part of Hudson's Bay reviving Zellers, a float was made for the 2023 parade. The float was called Camp Zeddy, and it featured a giant Zeddy plush sitting by a campfire out in the snow with a couple of his friends. The float was led by Zeddy himself, who waved to everyone, announcing that Zellers is back.
28 July 2021

**Contents** **https://the-queen-janine.fandom.com/wiki/Contents**

## Show

Name
* Queen Janine Of The Airwaves

Station
* Delux Gold

DD-MM-YYYY
* 28-07-2021

Comments
* Janine's 25th show on Delux Gold ~ 8pm - 10pm

## Tracklisting

* George McCrae - Rock Your Baby

*Sky News At 8:*

* 5000 Volts - I'm On Fire

***Queen Janine Of The Airwaves 28/07/21***

* 2 Unlimited - No Limit
* Genesis - Invisible Touch
* Gina G - Ooh Ahh... Just A Little Bit
* Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing
* Ant & Dec - When I Fall In Love
* Bee Gees - Alone
* Belinda Carlisle - Always Breaking My Heart
* D:Ream - U R The Best Thing
* Roxette - Queen Of Rain
* Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
* Spice Girls - Say You'll be There
* Specials - Rat Race
* Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo
* Take That - Could It be Magic
* Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing)
* ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
* Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
* Bon Jovi - In These Arms
* Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet
* Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
* Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
* Cartoons - Witchdoctor
* Chicago - You're The Inspiration
* Chris Holland & T-Bone - Get Me Some Help
* Dolly Parton - Love Is Like A Butterfly
* Buzzie - Sandy
* Rare Earth - Hey Big Brother
* Stevie Wonder - I'm More Than Happy (I'm Satisfied)
* The Originals - Green Grow The Lilacs
* Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners - Because Of You
* **D Is For Devil / Holy Time**
* Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair

File Ends

**Available**

* https://www.mixcloud.com/peteseaton/queen-janine-of-the-airwaves-280721/
Hockey Dogs

Hockey Dogs is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

This float first appeared in the 2011 parade. It depicted a hockey game between the Scotties and the Hounds. The Scotties are based on Scoti the Terrier, Scotiabank Hockey's mascot. This float made three more appearances and was retired after the 2014 parade.
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue is a traditional nursery rhyme.

## History With The Parade

A Little Boy blue float was added to the parade in 1992 as part of the Nursery Rhyme section of the parade. The float featured Little Boy Blue taking a nap in front of a hay bale with sheep popping out. At the back of the float was his cow in the corn. The cow was actually reused and repainted from the Hey Diddle Diddle float, which appeared from 1990 to 1991.
The 86th Annual Toronto Santa Claus Parade (1990)

The 1990 Toronto Santa Claus Parade was held in November of 1990.

## Floats

1. Welcome to the Parade (Hallmark Cards Canada)
2. The World of Mother Goose (Sears Canada)
3. Nursery Rhyme Town (Canada's Wonderland)
4. Hey Diddle Diddle (Coca-Cola Canada)
5. The Swan Princess (Mattel Canada)
6. The Three Little Pigs (Petro-Canada Products)
7. Aladdin & the Magic Lamp (Province of Ontario)
8. The Big Race (McDonald's Restaurants of Canada)
9. The Cat in the Shoe (Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream)
10. The Rainbow Belle (Jofa Titan)
11. Cuckoo Clock Factory (Shoppers Drug Mart)
12. The Big Circus Parade (Canadian Tire Corporation)
13. Russian Tea Party (Toys"R"Us)
14. The Big Voyage (Nestlé Canada)
15. Alien Antics (Consumers Distributing)
16. Gordon the Gorilla (RBC Dominion Securities)
17. Santa Claus Parade Fire Department (CHFI FM98)
18. La Poulette Grise (Campbell Soup Company)
19. Winter Playground (NOMA Industries)
20. Best Friends (Canada Post Corporation)
21. Snowflake Princess (Black's Cameras)
22. Polar Bear Express (Prudential Insurance Company of America)
23. Santa's Sleigh

## Bands

1. Metro Police Pipe Band
2. Queen's University Bands
3. Northwind Rebels
4. Seaforth & District High School All-Girls Marching Band
5. Ukrainian Youth Ensemble
6. Western University Mustang Band
7. Ridge Raiders
8. North Toronto Collegiate Band
9. Variety Village Band
10. Chris Hadfield Air Cadet Squadron Band
11. Queen's York Rangers
12. Guelph Royalaires
13. Top Hat Marching Orchestra
14. Kiwanis Kavaliers of Kitchener
15. Baturyn Marching Concert Band
16. Philippine Heritage Band
17. Cardinals of Scarborough
18. Burlington Teen Tour Band
The 79th Annual Toronto Santa Claus Parade (1984)

The 79th annual Metro Santa Claus Parade was held in Downtown Toronto on Sunday, November 4th, 1984.

## Floats

1. Toyland Band (McDonald's Restaurants Of Canada Ltd.)
2. Mother Goose (Willie Wonderful)
3. Old King Cole (Consumers Distributing)
4. Old MacDonald Had A Farm (Canadian Tire Corporation)
5. The Butterfly Queen (Irwin Toy Ltd.)
6. Ship Ahoy! (Kodak Canada Inc.)
7. Ogopogo (Dominion Securities Pitfield)
8. Tales From The East (Imperial Oil)
9. Here Comes Floppy The Clown (Mattel Canada)
10. Santa's Prehistoric Friends (Province Of Ontario)
11. Video Antics (Speedy Muffler)
12. Outer Space Hijynx (Knob Hill Farms)
13. Snowball The Ape (Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream)
14. Maple Sugar Time (Shoppers Drug Mart)
15. Jack Frost (General Mills)
16. Wally The Walrus & His Penguin Friends (Wizard's Castle Incorporated)
17. The Candyland Train (General Motors)
18. The Season's Chimes (Coca-Cola Canada)
19. Snowflake Magic (Canada's Wonderland)
20. Yuletide Trimmings (Black's Cameras)
21. Santa's Sleigh

## Bands

1. Toronto Police Pipe Band
2. Queen's Own Rifles Of Canada
3. 48th Highlanders Of Canada Pipes & Drums & 48th Highlanders Of Canada Military Band
4. Top Hat Marching Orchestra
5. Malvern Collegiate Band
6. E.L. Crossley Secondary School Marching Cyclones
7. Band Of The Royal Regiment Of Canada
8. Dandy's Clown Band
9. Kiwanis Kavaliers Of Kitchener
10. Oakland Crusaders
11. Conqueror II Drum & Bugle Corps
12. Emerald Cadets
13. Canadian Knights
14. Guelph Royalaires
15. North Toronto Collegiate Band
16. St. Andrew's Drum & Bugle Corps
17. The Rebels
18. Queen's York Rangers
19. Brantford Girls Drum Corps
20. Burlington Teen Tour Band

## Trivia

* This is the first Santa Claus Parade to take place in the rain.
* This would be the last parade aired on CBC before Global TV took over broadcasting duties the following year.
* As usual, this parade was featured in the 1984 CBS All-American Thanksgiving Parade, with Alice's Celia Weston and Charles In Charge's Scott Baio hosting the CBS telecast. Changes that made CBS's telecast different from CBC's include the following;
	+ 50% of the bands were shown, but none were mentioned, with the exception of the 48th Highlanders bands.
	+ Ship Ahoy was shown between Outer Space Hyjinx and Maple Sugar Time rather than between The Butterfly Queen and Ogopogo.
	+ Ogopogo and Tales From The East were swapped, meaning that Tales From The East was shown after The Butterfly Queen and Ogopogo was shown before Santa's Prehistoric Friends.
	+ Only two floats weren't mentioned in the CBS telecast; Here Comes Floppy The Clown and Snowball The Ape.
* The Top Hat Marching Orchestra, Malvern Collegiate Band, North Toronto Collegiate Band and the Queen's York Rangers were the only bands that weren't mentioned in the CBC telecast.
* For this parade, George Kash and his Band rode the Old King Cole float.

## Video

Metro Toronto Santa Claus Parade - With Original Commercials (1984) 🎅🌲🎅🌲
Burlington Teen Tour Band

The Burlington Teen tour Band is a band based in Burlington, Ontario. This band is Canada's oldest and largest youth marching band, formed in 1947 and comprised of over 150 members ranging in age between 13 and 21. Previous experience is not required, and there are no tryouts. The Teen Tour Band is also referred to as the Redcoats.

## History With The Parade

The Redcoats first appeared in the parade in the 1970s, but as of October 2021, that information is unknown, since most of the pre-1982 parades are pieces of lost media. They appeared until 1979, but then they returned to the parade in 1981, and they have appeared in the parade ever since.

## Trivia

* Because the band has a busy schedule, they weren't able to escort Santa in the 1995 and 2010 parades. The bands that escorted Santa for both years were the Philippine Heritage Band and the Attica Senior High School Marching Band.
Playful Snow Fight

(Photo: Nisarg Photography)

Playful Snow Fight is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

In 2013, after LEGO's first float made four appearances, it was time for a new LEGO float. This new float is Winter-themed, with larger-than-life Minifigures getting into all kinds of antics, including building a LEGO snowman, going tobogganing, and having snow-brick fights. This float was very popular, so it had to return in the 2014 parade, with the snowman scene being replaced with a shocked Minifigure and the tobogganing Minifigure's arms being repositioned. this float was retired after the 2014 parade and the following year it was replaced with a new LEGO float.
Delivery Truck (2008)

The Delivery Truck is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

This float debuted in the 2008 parade, and it featured a happy chef waving to everyone as he drives down the parade route on his giant self-propelled green delivery truck filled with cakes and cupcakes. This float was retired after the 2010 parade, making a total of three appearances.
Malaika's Costume

Malaika's Costume is a book written by African-Canadian author Nadia L. Hohn. It tells the story of a young girl named Malaika and her mother choosing the perfect costume to wear for celebrating Carnival. The book was originally published in 2016.

## History With The Parade

The float designers designed a float for Malaika's Costume for the 2021 parade, and TD Bank sponsored it, because it won the TD Grade 1 Book Giveaway. The float featured iconic scenes from the book. The float appeared in the 2021 parade, which marked its only appearance, as it paved the way for other books to get their own floats, including the newest giveaway winner, Fast Friends.
Nintendo

Nintendo is a Japanese video game company, known as the creators of many iconic video game franchises, including Super Mario, Pokemon and The Legend Of Zelda.

## History With The Parade

Nintendo's sponsorship with the parade began in 1999. Their first float was a Pokémon float, and not much is known about it because the 199 parade is apiece of lost media, but it did feature sculpts of Pikachu, Charmander and many other Pokémon.

Their next float wouldn't be until 2013, a mini-float with walk-around versions of Mario, Luigi and Donkey kong riding it.

Nintendo's first big float was made in 2015 with the Super Mario Maker float. The float featured Builder Mario and some Koopa Troopas, surrounded by many different course parts.

The following year in 2016, Nintendo agreed to sponsor a Pokemon Sun & Moon float.The float featured Pikachu, along with Gen 7's starting Pokemon; Litten, Popplio and Rowlet on giant Pokeballs.

In 2017, Mario returned to the parade on a Super Mario Odyssey float. This time, he was joined by Cappy, a Goomba tower and a Chain Chomp in New Donk City.

In 2018, Nintendo sponsored a Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu! and Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee! float. Notice a pattern here? The float featured Pikachu and Eevee with a giant Pokeball.

In 2019, in celebration of Super Mario's 35th anniversary, Nintendo sponsored a new float. Once again, this float featured a new Mario sculpt, along with Toad and Yoshi and a Nintendo Switch in the back.

After not sponsoring a float in the 2020 parade, Nintendo returned in the 2021 parade with another Mario float, which was Mario Party Superstars. This float ended the Mario-Pokemon-Mario-Pokemon pattern, even though it would make sense if their float was a Pokemon float celebrating Pokemon's 25th anniversary. This float was similar to the previous Mario float. The Nintendo Switch was repainted to look like the Nintendo Switch Lite, and Toad and Yoshi returned, but the only major difference was that the walk-around versions of Mario and Luigi rode on the float as well. This would also mark Luigi's grand return to the parade, as he hasn't been with Mario the last three times Mario got his own float.

In 2022, Mario got yet another new float which promoted the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass, which featured Mario and Luigi driving through Merry Mountain with the new Nintendo Switch LITE in the background.

## List of Floats

* Pokémon (1999)
* Nintendo 3DS & 2DS (2013)
* Super Mario Maker (2015)
* Pokémon Sun & Moon (2016)
* Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
* Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee (2018)
* Super Mario & Friends (2019)
* Mario Party Superstars (2021)
* Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass (2022)
Winter Sports

* 2017
* 2018

Winter Sports is a float that appeared in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade.

## History With The Parade

In 2017, McDonald's agreed to sponsor a float called Winter Sports. The float featured residents of the North Pole playing all kinds of winter sports, such as an elf playing hockey with a candy cane, skating polar bears drinking cups of coffee, and a skiing snowman (Who was reused from the Alpine Ski Lodge float from 2004), surrounded by penguins and kids in snowman costumes.

The float was updated in 2018, but this time, the elf was removed to give the polar bears more room and the snowman was replaced by another polar bear on a toboggan. Also, the happy meals at the front of the float were replaced by mini pine trees. This float appeared in the parade until 2019 to make way for the Winter Forest float, which debuted the following year. Also, one of the polar bears was reused on the Countdown To Christmas 50/50 Raffle float the same year.

## Gallery

The float in Santa's Workshop before the 2017 parade.
Penguins Of Madagascar

Skipper tells his troops, "Just smile and wave, boys," as their float makes its way down the parade route.

### Years Active

2014

The Penguins Of Madagascar are fictional characters from the Madagascar franchise. The members are Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. They are some of the most popular characters in the franchise, leading them to getting their series, as well as their own movie in 2014, which was a big hit amongst families and film critics alike.

## History With The Parade

The Penguins made their parade debut in 2014 to promote the movie Penguins Of Madagascar. Costumed versions of Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private used in the Universal Studios theme parks appeared on the float, and even the iconic bounce house made its way onto the float as well. This would mark one of a few times where an inflatable was ever used on a float. Another float that used this feature was Eloise the Elephant. The float would be the most anticipated float of the parade that year.

The float made its only appearance in the 2014 parade, mainly for the film's promotion.
27 January 2021

**Contents** **https://the-queen-janine.fandom.com/wiki/Contents**

## Show

Name
* Queen Janine Of The Airwaves

Station
* Delux Gold

DD-MM-YYYY
* 27-01-2021

Comments
* Janine's 1st show on Delux Gold ~ 8pm - 10pm

## Tracklisting

* Lindisfarne - Run From Home

*Sky News At 8 :*

***Queen Janine Of The Airwaves 27/01/21***

* Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
* Blondie - Heart Of Glass
* Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
* Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
* Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
* Hanson - Mmm Bop
* Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
* Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
* Madonna - Vogue
* Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
* Love Sculpture - Great Balls Of Fire *wasn't Jerry Lee Lewis though*
* Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
* Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
* Babybird - You're Gorgeous
* Heart - Alone
* Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
* REM - Losing My Religion
* Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
* Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
* Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
* Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
* Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
* Cure - Close To Me
* Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
* All Saints - Never Ever
* Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
* Tom Petty - Free Falling
* Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

*Sky News At 10 :*

*File Ends*

**Available**

* https://www.mixcloud.com/peteseaton/queen-janine-of-the-airwaves-270121/
Celebrating Our Heroes

Celebrating Our Heroes is a float from the Toronto Santa Claus Parade That pays tribute to frontline workers.

## History With The Parade

In 2020, the parade team made a float paying tribute to all the frontline workers that have worked hard during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Scotiabank agreed to sponsor the float that year.

In November of 2021, a Toronto Star post confirmed that this float will return in the 2021 parade alongside the Tooth Fairy and the Star's very own Holiday Gift. This time, the float didn't have a sponsor.

The float made its third appearance in 2022, with the lady in the front now being a teacher. Scotiabank also returned as the float's sponsor that same year. This float made its most recent appearance in 2023 under the sponsorship of Cineplex.
Parade Route

Here is some information on the 6.5 kilometre-long route that the Santa Claus Parade goes through each Parade Day.

## Original Route

For a long time, this was the route that the parade went through. The parade starts at Christie Pits Park on Bloor Street West. Once the parade reaches the Royal Ontario Museum, it makes a right turn on Queen's Park. After staying on the right lane of Queen's Park Crescent, the parade continues to stay straight as it heads down University Avenue. After continuting on University the parade makes a left turn on Wellington Street West, followed by a right turn on Yonge Street and another left turn on Front Streat East before wrapping up at the St. Lawrence Market. The last time this format was used was in 2022.

## 2019 Route

In 2019, the route was altered. Rather than starting on Bloor Street West, the parade kicked off at Bloor Street East.

## Canada's Wonderland

For 2020 and 2021, because the parade was broadcasted at Canada's Wonderland, there was no route. Instead, the floats passed by the front of International Street, which is the first thing visitors see when they enter the park.

## 2023 Route

In 2023, rather than passing by the Royal Ontario Museum, the parade will make a right turn on Spadina Avenue followed by a left turn on Harbord Street/Hoskin Avenue before circling around the roundabout on Queen's Park Crescent. The rest of the route will be the same as the normal route.
Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons is a fast food restaurant company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The restaurant is named after its founder, Tim Horton. Some of the most popular foods sold at Tim Hortons include their Timbits, donuts and coffee.

## History With The Parade

Tim Hortons began their sponsorship with the parade in the late 2000s. Since then, they have become mainstays in the parade.

## Floats

* Hockey In The Woodlands (2009)
* Summer Camp (2010)
* Donut House (2011-2012)
* Bake Shop/Celebrating 50 Years (2013-2014)
* Cozy By the Fire (2015-2016)
* Timbits Sports (2017-2018)
* Gingerbread House & Timbits (2019-Present)
Hitmen Drumline

The Hitmen Drumline is a drumline made up of professional musicians across the city of Calgary, Alberta. They are known as the official drumline of many teams, including the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Roughnecks, Toronto FC, and of course, the Calgary Hitmen. They are also the guys behind drumlines at Canada's Wonderland, both the LED Skeleton Drumline for Halloween Haunt and Four Drummers Drumming for Winterfest.

## History With The Parade

The Hitmen Drumline made their Santa Claus Parade debut in 2020. The drumline returned for their sophomore year in 2021. The group has only made two appearances in the parade's history.
Tim's Family Skate

Tim's Family Skate is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

A new Tim Hortons float debuted in 2022 called Tim's Family Skate, which reused the Timbit sculpts from the previous float playing hockey, now with warm winter gear. There is also a honey cruller and a box car watching the game. this float made its only appearance in the 2022 parade.

## See Also

* Timbits
* Believe In Kindness
The Candyland Train (2001)

The Candyland Train is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

This float first appeared in the 2001 parade. This self-propelled sweets express was filled to the brim with chocolate. The train is covered completwely in chocolate, with a roof covered in pink icing, sweet fruits for wheels, cupcakes for throttles, and a funnel with real steam coming out of it. This float returned in 2002, and it was recycled into RBC's Snow Train the following year.
Snowball The Ape

Snowball The Ape is a float from the Toronto Santa Claus Parade.

## History With The Parade

This float was made in 1984, and the float was basically a giant self-propelled white gorilla. His eyes blinked, his mouth moved, and his head bobbed up and down. His body was also made of real fur. The float was retired after the 1984 parade.
E.L. Crossley Secondary School Marching Cyclones

The band performing at Canada's Wonderland during the 2021 parade.

The E.L. Crossley Secondary School Band comes from Font Hill, Ontario, which is in the Niagara Region.

## History

The E.L. Crossley Secondary School Band first appeared in the parade in the 1970s, and they stopped appearing after 2021.

## See Also

E.L. Crossley Secondary School Marching Cyclones/Gallery
Percy The Pelican

Percy the Pelican is a float from the Santa Claus Parade.

## History with the Parade

Percy debuted in the 1986 parade. He was a self-propelled pelican wearing a captain's hat that flapped his wings down the parade route with four fish in his mouth. The float survived almost in one piece, as his left foot came off as the float was making its way from the warehouse to the parade's starting line.