Milton's Santa Claus Parade is back on Main Street on Sunday, Nov. 15, starting at 1:30 p.m., says Downtown Milton.
The floats set off from Main Street West and Whitmer Street and travel to the Milton GO Station, finishing in the station's parking lot. Organizers expect the last of them to wrap up around 3:30 p.m. Entries won't throw candy or anything else into the crowd.
Downtown Milton's road-closure notice lists two stretches shut to traffic from noon to 3 p.m.: Main Street West between Whitmer Street and Drew Centre, and Drew Centre between Main Street East and the Milton GO Station. Drivers who usually cut through the downtown core on a Sunday afternoon should plan another way.
This year's theme is Your Favourite Christmas Stories, the parade committee says. Expect characters from classics such as The Night Before Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas to step out of their pages and onto Main Street.
The event doubles as a food drive. Milton firefighters and workers from CN, the national railway, will collect non-perishable food for the Salvation Army Food Bank, which hands out groceries to local families who need help.
Children can also hand off their wish lists. Canada Post "elves" will walk in the parade collecting letters to deliver to Santa, organizers say. Address them to "Santa Claus, North Pole, HOH OHO Canada," a postal code that spells out Santa's laugh.
