3 d. ago Toronto's Distillery Winter Village warns of scam as Christmas market opens

Toronto's world-famous Distillery District Winter Village officially kicked off its Christmas countdown on Thursday, bringing lots of festive lights, local food vendors, and the highly anticipated lighting ceremony for its massive Christmas tree to the cobblestone streets of the former Gooderham & Worts distillery.While you may be eager to secure your tickets to the festive end-of-year tradition, there's an online scam that Christmas marketgoers need to be aware of this year.Social media users have flagged a website, "tochristmasmarket.com," which appears to be selling fake tickets to the Winter Village.A Reddit post highlighting the website received more than 305 upvotes and 50 comments before being deleted, with many users urging others to report the site as a phishing attempt to Google.Many flagged that tickets for the Distillery Winter Village are only sold through the official website, with general admission tickets running for $18.65 and express...

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3 d. ago Distillery Winter Village 2025 features foods from some of Canada's top chefs

The 2025 Distillery Winter Village is home to a brand-new concept featuring foods from some of Canada's best chefs.The triumphs — and occasional tribulations — of food at the Distillery District's annual Winter Village have been well documented over the years.From festive favourites like hot chocolate and roasted nuts to more out-of-the-box offerings like Yorkshire Pudding Burritos (which, I'm pleased to report, are back this year), the food is, inarguably, a pinnacle of the market every year.After the market officially opened for the 2025 season on Nov. 13, it's evident that this year will be no different on the food front, and not just because of the bites you can find at vendor stalls around the market.Brand new to the Distillery Winter Village this year, Chef's Alley is the latest and greatest food addition to the market, featuring four specially-crafted dishes from four of Canada's most iconic chefs.While your standard pretzels...

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3 d. ago Toronto Christmas Market in the Distillery District is now open and here's what it's like

The annual Toronto Christmas market is back at the Distillery District for 2025, marking the official kick-off to the winter holiday season.Thursday marked the Distillery Winter Village opening night, giving early attendees a first glimpse at this year's selection of local vendors, festive lights and, of course, the much-anticipated lighting ceremony for the massive Christmas tree.Check out what this year's Distillery Winter Village looks like in this photo gallery

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4 d. ago Canada’s Most Iconic Christmas Tree Lights Up The 2025 Distillery Winter Village

Toronto’s World-Famous Christmas Market, Presented by L’Oréal Paris, Now Open for the Holiday Season Toronto, ON, Canada, Nov. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On November 13 at Toronto’s Distillery Historic District, thousands of onlookers filled the cobblestone streets to help Santa light the 2025 Christmas Tree, marking the official start of The Distillery Winter Village, […]

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4 d. ago What to do in Edmonton this week: All Is Bright, Broad View film fest, The 39 Steps

All Is Bright 2025: 124 Street’s warm and welcoming annual winter festival is set to shimmer and churn with music, food and fires, and happily it looks like good weather again, like last year’s. Along with the roving entertainers including Mr. and Mrs. Claus throughout the wider neighbourhood, The Get Downs and Don Berner Big […]

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5 d. ago Distillery District, Canada’s Wonderland holiday hot spots open this week

Winter-themed destinations operating until early January to warm spirits of festival-goers

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1 week ago Food festival celebrating Canada's favourite dessert lands in Toronto next month

Believe it or not, the holiday season is right around the corner, and, being that consuming your annual fill of baked goods is the real reason for the season, there's no better way to celebrate than at a holly-jolly butter tart festival in Toronto.Gotta Luv Butter Tarts, the team behind the annual Oakville Butter Tart Festival, is making its grand return to once again feed the sweet tooths of butter tart fanatics across the GTA this December with a special holiday-themed festival.Rather than relegating all the sticky-sweet fun to Oakville, this time, the festival is setting up shop in Etobicoke.Taking inspiration from major spring and summer butter tart festivals like Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival in Midland and the Caledon Butter Tart FestivalSure, someone could argue that one butter tart festival per province is more than enough, but I'd argue that, seeing as the iconic dessert was actually invented in Ontario, there's no such thing as too many.Gotta Luv Butt...

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1 week ago Toronto's St. Lawrence Market transforming into magical winter destination this month

One of Toronto's most iconic landmarks is transforming into a whimsical winter wonderland just in time for the holidays.The Distillery District Winter Village tends to get all the credit when it comes to Toronto's holiday traditions, and it's not without good reason, but another one of the city's historic landmarks has been quietly climbing up the ranks in terms of holiday cheer, too.For a second year running, St. Lawrence Market is gearing up to unleash whimsical winter magic on the city with the return of its Winter Market.Taking over Market Street for an entire month this holiday season, the market will see the pedestrian street turned into a winter village plucked straight from your most festive fantasies, with a slew of local vendors, live performances, seasonal food and drinks, and maybe even an appearance from Santa Claus or two.    View this post on Instagram           A post...

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1 week ago Starbucks holiday menu items showcasing coffee chain’s festive flair

Starbucks Canada unveiled its seasonal lineup including tried-and-true favourites, as well as some new twists coming to stores

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1 week ago Here are the festive new foods you can find at the Distillery District Winter Village 2025

Can you hear those silver bells, Toronto? Believe it or not, it's almost Christmastime in the city once again, and that means the return of the Distillery District Winter Village.Perhaps Toronto's most cherished (certainly one of its best-attended) holiday season traditions, the annual Winter Village sees the historic Distillery District transformed into a festive European-inspired Christmas market.But you didn't really need me to tell you that, did you? It's all anyone can post about from November to January.Well, the time is almost here once again. The market's pinnacle, an enormous, 55-foot tree bedecked in over 80,000 lights, has been raised and is currently in the process of getting dressed for opening night on Thursday, Nov. 13.The market is packed to the metaphorical rafters (it's outside, of course) with all manner of holiday magic, from carolling elves to festive photo-ops abounding, but, for many, the real draw is the food.Every year, the market spa...

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1 week ago Huge tree hoisted at Distillery District to kick off holiday season in Toronto

A huge tree was delivered to Toronto's Distillery District on Monday, an unofficial kick-off to the holiday season in the city as the historic destination prepares to host its annual Distillery Winter Village.The popular holiday market is back again in 2025, set to kick off with a tree-lighting ceremony taking place at 6 p.m. on opening night, Nov. 13, 2025, and running through Jan. 4, 2026. But passersby in the Distillery District in early November are already being treated to a preview of the enormous tree that will serve as the centrepiece of this year's festivities.The 55-foot-tall tree will soon be adorned with 80,000 Christmas lights — but the public will have to wait just a bit longer until the official tree lighting later this month to witness the full display.Check out this photo gallery of the massive new tree at the Distillery District.

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2 w. ago Banff Sunshine Village opens for the winter ski and snowboarding season

The release shared on Friday stated that seven runs are open with shuttle service available

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2 w. ago Banff Sunshine Village opens early for ski and snowboarding season

The release shared on Friday stated that seven runs are open with shuttle service available

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3 w. ago Toronto’s Distillery Winter Village Unwraps 2025 Programming Lineup

Returning November 13, 2025 – January 4, 2026, Toronto’s world-famous Christmas market reveals new experiences, culinary collaborations and festive entertainment Toronto, ON, Canada, Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, The Distillery Winter Village presented by L’Oréal Paris, announced its 2025 programming line-up as it prepares to transform Toronto’s Distillery Historic District into an enchanting […]

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