Crowds come out for Santa parade despite downpour - Times Colonist

Santa Claus braved the elements and the atmospheric river Saturday evening as he made his way down Government Street through a large crowd of umbrella-toting families as the Peninsula Co-op Santa Light Parade returned to the city after a year off.

Cancelled last year due to the pandemic, the parade returned despite some concerns heavy precipitation could dampen the affair too much.

Kurta said the parade was a bit smaller this year and a few entries had to cancel.

But at 5:30 p.m., 55 parade entries started making their way along Government Street past kids playing in puddles and a large, somewhat socially distant, crowd.

Kurta said they anticipated having about a third of the usual crowd of 60,000 along the parade route, that runs from the corner of Government and Belleville down Government to Pembroke Street.