Browsing: Holiday Traditions

Celebrate a Caribbean Christmas in Toronto: where to find black cake, sorrel, pastelles, ham and ponche de crème, parang music and Caribbean holiday traditions.

Kwanzaa in Toronto: December 26, 2026 to January 1, 2027. What Kwanzaa celebrates, the seven principles, the kinara and how to find community celebrations.

Celebrate the winter solstice in Toronto on Monday, December 21, 2026: the Kensington Market Winter Solstice Festival, lantern walks, nature walks and ways to mark the longest night.

How Toronto’s Orthodox Christian communities celebrate Christmas on January 7: Christmas Eve suppers, church services, traditional foods and where to experience it.

Simbang Gabi in Toronto: the Filipino tradition of nine Masses from December 16 to 24, 2026, where to find it, what to expect and the food that follows.

How Toronto’s Christmas traditions began: Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade from 1905, the famous department store windows, the Cavalcade of Lights since 1967, the Royal Winter Fair and the Distillery market.

Canadian Christmas traditions explained: Santa’s H0H 0H0 postal code, Boxing Day, tourtière and réveillon, butter tarts and Nanaimo bars, mummering, the Holiday Train and more.

Hanukkah 2026 in Toronto runs from sundown Friday, December 4 to Saturday, December 12. Public menorah lightings, community events and where to find latkes and sufganiyot.

Kensington Market’s Winter Solstice Festival: a lantern parade, giant puppets, fire-breathers and a fire finale in Alexandra Park on the longest night, December 21.

Celebrate an Italian Christmas in Toronto: the Feast of the Seven Fishes, where to buy seafood and panettone, Italian Christmas Eve dinners and Little Italy and Woodbridge traditions.