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41st Annual Santa Parade in Victoria

Christmas coming up on December 25

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Santa Claus float in the 41st Victoria Santa Parade - Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]
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Saturday November 25, 2023 | VICTORIA, BC

by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends


With one month to go until Christmas, the 41st annual Santa Claus Parade was hosted by the local CHEK-TV news outlet. Main sponsor Peninsual Co-op. | Livestream link | December Event Calendar

This year the live broadcast featured the lit-up BC Legislative Buildings in the background. The hosts Stacey Ross and Paul Haysom are seated in front of the Fairmont Empress Hotel at the Inner Harbour.

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41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]
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41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]

CHEK emcees are wearing green and white ‘Santa’ hats, which they verbally noted. Normally Santa hats are red with white. Maybe a nod to climate attentiveness?

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41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]

About 75 floats in the parade. The weather is dry under a clear-sky nearly full moon, and not overly cold … about 8°C at the 5:20 pm parade start.

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41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]

About 70,000 people have come to attend the parade, lined up about 10-people deep.

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41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]

This event feels like the ‘official’ start of Christmas for the Greater Victoria area.

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West shore focus:

This year the City of Langford has included one of their trolleys in the parade; the trolley runs on bio-diesel; Mayor Scott Goodmanson and council were on the trolley.

The City of Colwood has a lit-up truck in the parade.

Brookes Westshore private school also had a float.

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Colwood truck in the 41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]
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Butler Concrete float in the 41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]
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Juan de Fuca Skating Club float in the 41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]
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Luxton Fairgrounds float in the 41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]

The lit-up truck parade is coming up this year on December 2, which runs from downtown Victoria up to the west shore.

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BC Nurses Union float in the 41st Victoria Santa Parade – Nov 25, 2023 [screenshot]
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