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Lighting up Christmas Continued from page 1 7 · Friday, November 18, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com As always, there will be local high schools, whose students cheerfully compete for the title of best school float. You'll hear the parade, too, as it is full of bands and volunteers by the dozen will help make it all happen. It's a good opportunity to spread holiday cheer as the Oakville Professional Fire Fighters -- believing that every child deserves at least one special gift -- will be on hand to accept new, unwrapped toys from parade-goers. Bring an unwrapped gift with you on parade day and donate. Gifts for older children are especially needed, particularly for those youths over age 12. Both the Kinsmen Club and the firefighters will have trucks starting downtown at about 8:30 a.m. just before the official start of the parade and volunteers will be accepting donations. The Fun Group of Families and Friends of Falgarwood is celebrating its 18th year of selling red noses for charity at the parade. All proceeds will support Wellspring-Halton. These three groups are the only ones authorized to take collections during the parade. Santa's arrival at the parade's end will signal the start of the holiday season in Oakville. The after-parade celebration will continue as Encore Cinemas and RetroFestive.ca present three exclusive screenings of the Christmas movie classic, A Christmas Story. Join in at Encore Oakville Mews Cinemas after the Santa Claus Parade at either 11:30 a.m., 1:45 p.m. or 4 p.m. In lieu of admission, theatre-goers are asked to bring a donation to support the Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre's food drive. Items being accepted include cash donations, non-perishable food items and grocery store gift cards. The parade will begin at Lakeshore Road and Reynolds, go west along Lakeshore to Kerr Street, then head north on Kerr and end at Stewart Street. For information about the parade, visit the website at www.oakvillesantaclausparade.ca or Storewide Sale DON'T PAY FOR 90 DAYS, 6 MTHS, OR 1 YR. O.A.C Sectional/ Chaise $ OAKVILLE BEAVER FILE PHOTO 1598 ST. NICK: The jolly old elf symbolic of the season arrives in a parade past. leave a message at 905-815-5981. ··· Both the downtown Oakville and the Kerr Village annual Christmas tree lighting ceremonies will take place tonight (Friday). Downtown Santa and his elves will be treating everyone to hot apple cider and holiday cheer. A special part of this evening is the annual downtown Christmas carol-sing along with Oakville Mayor Rob Burton and the Salvation Army Band. The fun begins at 7 p.m. in Towne Square, followed by the lighting of the tree at 7:30 p.m. For details, visit www.oakvilledowntown.com. The Kerr Village event will take place on Kerr Street (at the corner of Kerr and Florence streets) from 6-9 p.m. The tree will be lit in Heritage Square amid entertainment from local school choirs and strolling Victorian Christmas carollers. Santa Claus will be on hand to take special requests. For more information, visit online at www. kerrvillage.ca. SOLID WOOD TABLE & 6 CHAIRS $ 1398 LARGE SELECTION OF T.V. CABINETS NOW OPEN AT MAIN STORE! For Tots to Teens $ British Goods and Meat Pies Jams, chocolates, cookies, teas and more Fresh Meat Specials: Boneless Sirloin Steaks- 6.99/kg T-Bone Steaks- 14.99/kg New York Steaks- 12.99/kg Cap-Off Rib Steaks- 12.99/kg (Special runs Friday November 18th to Thursday November 24th) 849 Hot Lunches Daily Specials, soup and sandwiches Available Tuesday to Friday 12-3 SINGLE OVER DOUBLE BUNK BED MANY BEDROOMS TO CHOOSE FROM *CHOICE OF STAINS T 1029 speers rd., oakville (speers & 4th line) Roasted Pig and Lamb Croatian Old Fashioned Smoked Meat 1029 Speers Road, Unit #10 Oakville Ontario Tues. -Fri. 9-6, Sat. 8-4, Closed Sunday and Monday Telephone: (905) 845-1960 Located in the Joshua Creek Furniture plaza West of Fourth Line 905.842.3739 Hours: Monday to Wednesday 10-6 · Thursday & Friday 10-8 · Saturday 10-6 · Sunday Closed WWW.JOSHUACREEKFURNITURE.COM