{"id":2001,"date":"2018-12-06T00:40:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T00:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2018-12-06T00:41:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T00:41:40","slug":"toronto-christmas-market-is-back-for-its-eighth-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/?p=2001","title":{"rendered":"Hot Ticket: Toronto Christmas Market is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2002\" src=\"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/market.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/market.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/market-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/market-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/market-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/market-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/market-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/market-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/torontochristmasmarket.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Christmas Market<\/a> takes over the Distillery Historic District for another year of holiday magic.\u00a0Now in its eighth season, the market has quickly become one of the city\u2019s favourite holiday traditions. <!--more-->From boasting one of the city&#8217;s largest real Christmas trees, magical lighting and seasonal decor to more than 350 stage performances, unique and locally handcrafted products and, of course, Santa and his elves, there&#8217;s plenty to take in on a winter&#8217;s day.<\/p>\n<p>Take in the sparkling Christmas light canopies, traditional music and carols, dance performances and family-friendly activities like Santa&#8217;s House, a ferris wheel, carousel and life-sized gingerbread house.<\/p>\n<p>Foodies can taste traditional European street-style food as well as Canadian holiday treats and sip on cold and warm brews in the beer gardens.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Christmas Market runs November 16 to December 23, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Like we advised last year, go during the week to avoid the weekend crush (that is, unless crowds are your thing).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hours:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Tuesday to Thursday, noon\u20139p<br \/>\nFridays from 12\u201310p<br \/>\nSaturdays from 10a\u201310p<br \/>\nSundays from 10a\u20139p<br \/>\nClosed Mondays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Admission:<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday to Thursday: Free<br \/>\nFridays before 5:00 pm: Free<br \/>\nFridays (after 5 pm), Saturdays and Sundays: $6 (tax included)<br \/>\nExpress passes available for $20.00<br \/>\nChildren 2 and under get in free.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>The Merenda Real Estate Group is here to help you find the home you\u2019ve always wanted in your favourite neighbourhoods. From properties in the heart of Toronto, Ontario, to the surrounding areas of the GTA, give us a call today at 416. 240. SOLD (7653).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Christmas Market takes over the Distillery Historic District for another year of holiday magic.\u00a0Now in its eighth season, the market has quickly become one of the city\u2019s favourite holiday traditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12,10,9,11,57],"class_list":["post-2001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-attractions","tag-distillery-district","tag-seasonal","tag-things-to-see-and-do","tag-toronto-attractions","tag-you-should-go"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merendarealestate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}