Category: historic Toronto

This December, the weather in Toronto has been so mild that it is difficult to believe that we are into the yuletide season. However, Vancouver

The Royal York Hotel decorates its lobby each December to welcome visitors over the yuletide season. Although the hotel lobby is one of the largest

This is the story of a church Christmas concert in the 1920s in a small fishing community in Newfoundland. It is based on the memories

Many of us retain fond memories of the church concerts and pageants of our youth. Each year, my brother and I were given either a

The Christmas windows at the Bay truly become magical at night. The darkness deepens the colours and the there is no reflection on the glass.

Brian Wilcox, a neighbour of mine, shared with me some great photos that he took in the 1970s, of the Toronto Harbour area . Anyone

The St. Lawrence Market at Front and Jarvis Streets, named after the patron saint of Canada, opened in November of 1803. The governor at the

For several years now the decorations at the Eaton Centre have included huge metallic reindeer. Watching children this year as they viewed the reindeer, it

As a child, each year my parents took me to see the Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade, which was held on a Saturday, since the stores

The village of Epworth, Newfoundland, on Placentia Bay, during the 1920s. The fish flakes for drying cod are built out over the water of the