{"id":2706,"date":"2013-11-28T15:38:25","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T20:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2013-11-28T15:38:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T20:38:25","slug":"context-does-christmas-the-toronto-christmas-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2013\/11\/28\/context-does-christmas-the-toronto-christmas-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Context does Christmas: The Toronto Christmas Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontochristmasmarket.com\/photos\/Toronto_Christmas_Market_Photos\/Photos_files\/Media\/_MG_3498\/_MG_3498.jpg?disposition=download\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2710\" title=\"_MG_3498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MG_3498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas &#8211; you don\u2019t even want to know how long we\u2019ve waited to sing that tune&#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With December right around the corner, we\u2019re all ready to enjoy the holidays and all that Toronto has to offer, starting with the much-anticipated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontochristmasmarket.com\">Lowe\u2019s Toronto Christmas Market<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Our favourite Christmas market captures the true essence of Christmas: tradition, family, and tons of delicious food and unique gifts. Similar to the Christmas markets that pop up all over Europe, this Christmas Market is packed with vendors and family friendly entertainment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stevieontario\/5233220979\/sizes\/z\/in\/photolist-8YrCgV-8YuEWS-8YuDGw-8YrCYg-8YuCyS-8YuD2S-8YuEA5-8YrCAB-8YuDvw-8YuDUW-8YrBrz-8YuErQ-8YrAYn-8YrB2g-8YrBoT-8YuEMA-8YuCLE-8YrAPc-8YuDed-8YrAu8-dxofKr-dxHJxP-dxHJuv-dAjpPN-dxofsz-91ac52-8YJ4Lh-aU9wqa-aYfD2i-aYfB9v-aYfCpF-aYfz3i-aYfAj2-aYfASg-aYfBtv-aYfC3x-aYfynk-aYfzsn-aYfyAT-hH7PQB-dtW43n-aU94tM-dFQ9xR-dFQ8YH-aXzAa2-aXzzBc-aXzAFx-8YF1oX-8YF1VH-dCzGkw-aU8KVn\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2713\" title=\"Toronto Christmas Market At The Distillery District - Dec 4, 2010-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/5233220979_bb720be78a_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The best part of the market is definitely the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontochristmasmarket.com\/beer_gardens.html\">Beer Gardens<\/a> where you have a handful of authentic holiday beverages to choose from including mulled wine, beer galore, and some European Christmas cocktails. For the more classy patrons, Wine Country Ontario also hosts a few sampling lounges!<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt that the best crafters and artists in Ontario are at the Christmas Market. Along with them are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontochristmasmarket.com\/vendors.html\">vendors<\/a> from all around the world selling their trinkets, baubles and novelty items.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontochristmasmarket.com\/photos\/Toronto_Christmas_Market_Photos\/Photos_files\/Media\/_MG_3328\/_MG_3328.jpg?disposition=download\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2709\" title=\"_MG_3328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MG_33281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lowe\u2019s Toronto Christmas Market opens Friday, November 29th (!!!) and it\u2019s on for two weeks until Sunday, December 15th. It\u2019s a free event held at The Distillery Historic District, so definitely clear your schedule &#8211; do it for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapleleaffudge.com\">Maple Leaf Fudge<\/a>, er \u2026 children.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">See you there!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">PS:\u00a0A quick little fact for our history buffs &#8211; Christmas markets originated in Germany in the early 1400s and are now held all around the world!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas &#8211; you don\u2019t even want to know how long we\u2019ve waited to sing that tune&#8230; With December right around the corner, we\u2019re all ready to enjoy the holidays and all that Toronto has to offer, starting with the much-anticipated Lowe\u2019s Toronto Christmas Market!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,96,199,202],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}