The 55th Annual Santa Claus Parade (2020)

The 2020 Santa Claus Parade premiered on December 6th, 2020 with repeat broadcasts taking place on December 24th and two on the 25th.

## Production

In September, the parade signed a deal with Canada's Wonderland, putting characters from the Peanuts comic strips in charge of the parade. This parade was hosted by Sally with help from the other characters, in true Canada's Wonderland fashion. As always, the parade was broadcasted in every country around the world. Because Wonderland was hosting the parade the floats paraded down International Street rather than the normal route. The highlight of it all is hundreds of marching bands from around the world getting together and playing a medley of songs, all of which have participated in the parade before.

The plot revolves around Charlie Brown finding out about the 2020 parade's cancellation, which makes him worry about the parade being cancelled forever. After finding out her older brother is worried, Sally comes up with a plan to make a parade that Charlie Brown can enjoy. So, she calls all of Charlie Brown's friends to make an extra-special parade for him to enjoy. as the parade goes on, the characters get into all kinds of antics so nobody gets bored.

Unlike most movies that get celebrities to do the voices, this cast is mostly comprised of the Peanuts gang's current official voice actors, with other characters being voiced by actors who voiced their characters in movies and television series reprising their roles. Many of the voice actors in the main cast are the official voices of their characters, plus, Kristin Chenoweth reprises her role as Charlie Brown's younger sister Sally, who Chenoweth played in the Broadway revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp reprises his role as Charlie Brown, who he voiced in the Peanuts Movie. The cast is also comprised of voice acting legends and even celebrity cameos. The concept behind the use of the voice talents is similar to that of the Mickey Mouse Shorts/The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse series, allowing the voice actors to go all out when voicing their respective characters in addition to the animators and writers to ensure that the parade is as wacky and hectic as possible. The animation is also similar to the animation in The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse.

## The Lineup (\* indicates a retired unit.)

### Floats

1. Welcome To Winterfest (Canada's Wonderland)- 2nd time
2. Keeping The City Strong (City Of Toronto)- 1st time
3. Nursery Rhyme Land (Petro-Canada Products)- 1st time
4. Fairyland\* (TD Bank)- 2nd time
5. Celebrating Our Heroes (Scotiabank)- 1st time
6. Red Panda Playground\* (Toronto Zoo)- 1st time
7. Beagle Brigade Airfield\* (Canada's Wonderland)- 1st time
8. One Brick At A Time\* (The LEGO Group)- 2nd time
9. Aquatic Adventure (Ripley's Aquarium Of Canada)- 1st time
10. Santa's Wilderness Adventure\* (Bass Pro Shops)- 2nd time
11. Barry The Bunny\* (Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream)- 1st time
12. Soul\* (Walt Disney Pictures Canada & Pixar Animation Studios)- 1st time
13. What Does Mars Look Like?\* (Shoppers Drug Mart)- 2nd time
14. Camp Timbit\* (Tim Hortons)- 2nd time
15. Michael The Mammoth\* (Royal Ontario Museum)- 2nd time
16. Baby Nut's First Christmas\* (Planters Peanuts)- 1st time
17. Holiday Pride (Pride Toronto)- 2nd time
18. The Elf Lottery\* (OLG Lottery)- 2nd time
19. The GO Bear Express (GO Transit)- 1st time
20. 40 Years Of Thrills\* (Canada's Wonderland)- 1st time
21. Christmas With The Big Kids\* (Canada's Wonderland)- 1st time
22. Frosty Fishing\* (Coca-Cola Canada)- 3rd time
23. Frosty Forest\* (McDonald's Restaurants)- 2nd time
24. The Soaked Up Snowman\* (Splash Works At Canada's Wonderland)- 1st time
25. Snowflake Kingdom (Yorkdale Shopping Centre)- 1st time
26. Home-Baked Holiday Sweets (Metro Grocery Stores)- 1st time
27. Mrs. Claus' Kitchen (Real Canadian Superstore)- 5th time
28. BMO Bear\* (BMO Bank)- 2nd time
29. Santa's Mail Truck (Canada Post Corporation)- 1st time
30. Reindeer Antics (Wegmans)- 2nd time
31. Brightening Up The Holidays\* (NOMA Industries)- 1st time
32. Santa's Workshop (Walmart Canada Incorporated)- 2nd time
33. Santa's Sleigh- 6th time

### Getting The World Back Together Megaband

A list of bands that took part in the Megaband can be read here.

## Special Guests

* Big Bird, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Rosita and Grover from Sesame Street (Played by Matt Vogel, Ryan Dillon, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Carmen Osbahr and Eric Jacobson)
* BTS
* Carrie Underwood
* Dolly Parton
* Leslie Odom Jr.
* Mariah Carey
* Meghan Trainor
* Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse (Voiced by Bret Iwan and Kaitlyn Robrock)
* Pentatonix
* President Joe Biden
* Queen Elizabeth II
* The Goo Goo Dolls
* Tori Kelly