One of the holiday events now on my yearly bucket list is the annual Toronto Christmas Market in the city’s historic Distillery District.
The Toronto Christmas Market generally runs from the end of November until the last weekend before Christmas. This is my second year visiting the “festival.” If you haven’t had a chance to see my post from last year, check it out. I stopped by during the evening — the lights always look the best in the darkness of the night.
I waited until the last day to stop by the Christmas Market, mainly because I’ve been pretty busy. Hundreds (if not thousands) of people packed the area to taste the food (i.e., sausages, baked goods and some artisan cheese), while others snapped photos with Santa, and rode the carousel and ferris wheel.
We had fun, although next year, I think I’ll stick to a quieter time to check out the market. It was overly crowded and I wasn’t able to enjoy the vendors as I originally hoped.
Ohhhhhhhhh! Astrid and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Christmas markets of Europe, Emily, and this year we went to Bruges, Belgium, the last weekend of November when it opened. You’re right about catching it early before it becomes too busy/overwhelming.
Another tradition for us is to drive to Kinderdijk every Christmas morning, 15 miles away from us, to walk amongst the 19 windmills there. It’s not crowded at all and is such a great time to just BE there.
Happy Holidays to you and yours this 2014!
Oh Ginnie! I enjoy your stories! I would love to check out the Christmas markets in Europe. I bet it’s BEAUTIFUL!!! I bet it’s also quite busy. But that’s one of the best parts of the holidays. Just being surrounded by lots of positive energy.
Wonderful pics. You captured the atmosphere of what it was like there . By the way, I love your pen ! 🙂
OOH yes! A VERY nice pen. My new favourite. 🙂
Hi Emily!
i’m glad that you got a chance to make it to the Toronto Christmas Market…
it looks like you had a fun time there with you beautiful friend wearing glasses… that’s a big Christmas card that you were sending to Santa… lot’s of fun shots…
We wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
Penny and ….peter:)
Thank you, Peter. I hope you and yours had a beautiful Christmas, as well. And btw, that’s my cousin who came along with me!
nice series and the portrait with bokeh is looking so great 🙂
Thank you as always, Joshi!
Busier is better if you just want to people-watch and take photos. I like all those random cups.
They are actually cup-candles. A very interesting concept. I really liked them, as well. 🙂