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This is really cool, but not when you are trying to sleep across the street. I can only imagine the nightmares and seizures his neighbors have:

Santa's PNP

The people over at Sympatico have created this cool service in which you can create a personal video message for your child from Santa. It’s called the PNP, which stands for Portable North Pole. It is really cool, and your kid will be so excited to receive a message straight from Santa. Just head over to their website at http://santa.sympatico.ca/home/ and fill out all the information they ask for, and they will put a video together for you.

P.S. I think this may only be available for Canadians, but if you are in the United States, give it a try and let me know if it works.

Today was the 59th annual Santa Claus Parade in downtown Montreal. The weather was beautiful outside, a perfect day for a parade. It seems like all the good parades are during the cold months here in Montreal, so it was nice that we weren’t freezing our tooshies off standing outside for over an hour. It was a great way to kick off the holiday season in the city and I have to say that I was quite impressed with the floats. Most parades that I have been to usually don’t have too many elaborate floats, and it tends to just be a lot of people walking in the street – boring!!!! The Santa Claus Parade though was quite entertaining.

They had beautifully decorated floats, like this one:

Toys R Us Float

There were a lot of bands and musicians that helped keep the energy up in the crowd.

Parade Musicians

I was really impressed with the costumes and makeup. You can see that they spent a lot of time thinking up fun costumes that the kids would enjoy.

Stilt Man

Of course, we had to represent our awesome hockey team! Go Habs Go!!!!!!!

Hockey Float

As in every parade, there were police officers on horses. I’m not sure why they always march at the beginning of the parade, but I know that the kids love looking at the horses. In the picture below, you can clearly see that the horse is not enjoying himself as much as the kids are enjoying him. Time to retire from the force buddy!

Evil Angry Child-Eating Horse

And of course, we can’t forget “The Big Guy”! Ava was so cute when she finally got to see Santa. She has been telling me for so long that she wants to tell Santa that she wants a Barbie airplane for Christmas. Now, let’s just hope he heard her over all the other screaming kids….

Santa Claus and all of his awesomeness!

Ooooooohhhh yeeeeaaaahhhhhh!

Do you feel like winning some free stuff? You do? Well, here are a few links to other women bloggers that are currently doing some giveaways. You simply leave them a comment on their blog, and you are entered to win their prize. Good luck!

Britax Marathon Car Seat by The $30 Weekly Grocery Challenge

Chocolate, Tea, Lip Balm, and a DVD by The B Keeps Us Honest

2 Christmas Books by The B Keeps Us Honest

2 Cookbooks by Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice

Baby Kaed Diaper Bag by Baby Loving Mama

Hugg-A-Planet by Penelope’s Oasis

Play-Duh Burger Builder by Two of a Kind, Working On a Full House

Handbag Heaven by Two of a Kind, Working On a Full House

Yummi Bears Organics Vitamins by Babybix Blog

Vintage 40s Gold Butterfly Pendant by Favourite Vintage Finds

Hatley Pajamas by Canadian Natural Mama