Today, December 11 is the day that Santa Clause came to Iqaluit. Of course Santa didn't have that far to go. In fact we are so close to the North Pole that our Postal Code has a (HO) in it. (X0A 0H0)
At noon today the parade started from downtown. It went right by our house. We took the dogs out to watch, however they got cold so we had to bring them back in before the parade actually got here. We could hear it long before we could see it.
It was cool today with the temperature at -17C with the wind chill at -30C. And you could tell that the people on the floats were quite cool, however they all seemed very enthusiatic!!
The one thing that we missed in the parade was a band. There were a number of floats and many floats were throwing candy. In fact, when Jacquie and I came home, I had my fill and ended up with a belly ache!
There were very good crowds out to watch the parade. In our area of town, cars were backed in on the side of the street with people peering out through the windows. The hardy, or some might say fool-hardy (Jacquie and I fit into that catagory) were out in person along the parade route cheering on the participants with vigor!
It wasn't as long a parade as we are used to in Brockville, however it was well intended and well attended. And of course Santa was cheered and Ho Ho Ho 'ing all along the parade route. Jacquie and I had fun watching the children watch the parade (Ok I admit, I really enjoyed the parade itself!!) I love Santa!! :-)
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