It's OK to Say "Christmas" Now

[Photo By: KPA]

The Christmas tree was going up at the Mississauga Celebration Square on Saturday.

They are now calling it a "Christmas Tree" and not a holiday tree or other such name.

I guess it is safe to have Christmas now since all the holiday elements have been squeezed out of it. There is no Mary, no Jesus, no Nativity, and not even a donkey.

We'll just Have Fun!

Now you can have some some of this Winter Fun and

Get in the Holiday spirit with seasonal fun the whole family can enjoy.

Lace up your skates and hit the ice for the first time this holiday season
Stop by The Cabin to rent your skates and sip on some hot chocolate on the heated patio
Explore the twists and turns of the Candy Cane Forest
Enjoy festive fun from photos with Santa, the Spark Busker Stage, featuring the Jack Frost Snowball Juggling show and Snowflake Kid - Hula Hoop LED Show.
Make a stop at Winter Wonderland and explore kids' fun from roaming entertainment, face painting to our Blinky Lights, light painting photo booth or take in a performance by the Culture Dance Pak.

And in true Santa Spirit, Mayor Bonnie Crombie will hold her very own:

Mayor Crombie's Holiday Food Drive

This year, Mayor Bonnie Crombie will be on-hand at Light Up the Square to officially launch her annual city-wide Holiday Food Drive in support of the Mississauga Food Bank. Get in the festive spirit and help feed a hungry neighbour by bringing along a non-perishable food item for donation. Drop off your donation at the Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services big red truck! For other ways to give, please visit: www.mississaugafoodbank.org

Rup Sidhu of Rup Loops will be there, who is:

an interactive, live looping show, using vocal percussion, rhythmic rhymes and an arsenal of eclectic instruments. Rup utilizes his diverse skills as a musician to create a pulsating, entertaining and engaging musical experience. He is a gifted educator and performer and has a deep passion for intercultural work and intercultural sounds. Through this show he hopes students will gain an understanding and appreciation of our universal language: music.

And The Free Label:

[a] 5-piece blue-suited Pop/RnB band from Toronto, Canada...known for the diversity of their repertoire. Whether it be a prince-inspired funk jam, a stank-face inducing hip hop beat, a pop banger, jazz ballad, or a country anthem - The Free Label can play it all and never stop sounding exactly like The Free Label.

The 5-piece blue suits MIGHT sing some Christmas songs.

Meet you at the Square?