Once again we attended the Globe and Mail Christmas party at the Liberty Grand down near Ontario Place. The kids start looking forward to it a month a head of time. They get to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus. Not some old guy in a red suit, but the Real Deal, as you’ll see below. This year, they brought their Christmas lists with them and presented them quite seriously to His Lordship. I carefully scanned their originals earlier in the day, and they presented excellent copies.
Owen was mightily pleased with his racer car (remote or manually zoomable) and had an excellent area with which to put it through its paces:
Owen also became be-snaked, as happens each year as well:
Finn giggled with her Mama and loved her present too (a bear):
Finn charmed all and received a unicorn on her cheek to show for it:
…and was thereafter hugged (in a rare opportunity) by Owen for a nice Christmas photo:
And what is a Christmas party without a little clambering around on things?
It went by very quickly overall, quicker than previous years. Not sure why that happened, except that we saw and chatted with fewer people than we have previously. I think its great the Globe puts on this kind of thing for the kids, right through a global recession. There must have been 300 or so people there all told. We managed a quick thank you to the Publisher on his way out the door.