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Santa Claus will arrive in Ottawa on Saturday to kick off the Christmas and holiday season.
The 55th Help Santa Toy Parade is set for Saturday, hosted by the Ottawa Professional Firefighters Association.
“We are going to be ready for Saturday. It’s going to be a lot of fun and we hope to see the whole city out,” Cameron Taylor, chair of the Help Santa Toy Parade, told CTV Morning Live.
The parade collects donations to help Toy Mountain provide toys for the holidays.
“Everybody can help Santa. People can bring new, unwrapped gifts to the parade – we would love that,” Taylor said.
“We’re going to have the giant red toy cart out there with our team collecting all those toys. We are going to be collecting cash on the route.”
Firefighters will also be carrying boots with a tap feature to donate to the Help Santa Campaign.
Taylor says the …
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