christmas

** Please note: ** The links on this page may be out of date. Please visit OttawaStart’s Christmas Tree Guide for up-to-date info. Check out this map of places where you can cut your own Christmas tree in the Ottawa area. ...

Ottawa radio station Majic 100 switched over to an all-Christmas music format today . I think it’s too early for Christmas music – my rule is never before December 1, just like Christmas lights. (But judging from the lights up in my neighbourhood a lot of people don’t agree. ...

Ottawa blogger DaniGirl has published her 2010 list of Christmas Parades of Eastern Ontario. Her list has become an annual holiday tradition in Ottawa – like Christmas lights on Parliament Hill or watching the Nutcraker at the National Arts Centre. ...

Anton sends along this note: ‘I just completed google maps mashup of all Ottawa - area Christmas Tree farms, where one can cut own christmas tree." Here’s the link. You should also check out our previous post: [ Ask OttawaStart: Christmas tree farms in Ottawa ...

It’s become a yearly tradition: every year around this time DaniGirl from Postcards from the Mothership posts her annual list of Eastern Ontario Christmas parades . The earliest is November 14 in Kanata and the latest is in Kilaloe on December 12. ...

Thanks to A. & J. for the invite to the 1st Annual Ottawa Blogger Virtual Christmas Party . We’re going to try to drop by towards the end of the party today. We’ll be bringing some virtual holiday music for the rest of the guests, by pointing towards our favourite Christmas mix of 2008 from DJ Riko . ...

We stumbled on this video, featuring a suburban Ottawa home all decked out with flashing Christmas lights titled “Lightorama”. We’re inviting our blog readers to send us their photos and videos of the tackiest, most over-the-top Christmas displays in Ottawa. You can post links to photos and videos in our comments area, or send us an email . ...

Just like she did last year , DaniGirl has compiled a big list of Santa Claus Parades in Ottawa in 2008. The first is on November 8 in Kanata, the last one is Almonte’s parade on December 7, and the biggest one is the 39th Annual Help Santa Toy Parade on November 22. ...

Keelan from Capital PR rants about bad corporate e-Christmas cards: ** ** For me, nothing says “I refuse to put any effort or expense whatsoever into this” quite like an e-Christmas / e-Holiday card does... a lot of them have been very similar: a winter scene with the ‘cutting-edge animation’ of falling snow and some generic, unoriginal greeting. ...

Over on the Postcards from the Mothership blog, DaniGirl has posted a great round-up of all of the Santa Claus parades in the Ottawa area , plus some more big Christmas events in the Nation’s Capita ** l. Related: ** Ottawa Events Guide