By Gazette Staff
December 8th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
The weather was brisk but that didn’t slow anyone down during the 44th annual Santa Claus parade in Burlington.
There was a different route, but the crowds were what they always are.
Players from the Centaurs Rugby Club played catch with kids along the way, making it more than just different people walking by while spectators stood on the sidewalk.
.A favourite every year is the Pipes and Drums of the Halton Regional Police Service.
The flute section of the Burlington Teen Tour Band was a part of the parade – they always are. This is one of the city’s most impressive community organizations.
The Top Hat Marching Orchestra was at its Yuletide best.
The Christmas Train, not part of the Burlington Transit fleet, rounds the bend onto Brant Street with a decent load of passengers.
Santa waves farewell as he heads back up north to prepare for his Christmas tour around the world.
The photographs were taken this year by local photographer and former Burlington Post Editor Denis Gibbons.
Flute section of the Burlington Teen Tour Band
Centaurs Rugby Club played catch with kids along the way.
Top Hat Marching Orchestra
Pipes and Drums of the Halton Regional Police Service.
The Christmas Train, not part of the Burlington Transit fleet, rounds the bend onto Brant Street with a decent load of passengers.
Santa and his reindeer at the end of the parade – heading to the North Pole and Christmas Day – he has a lot of work to do.
Gibbons has covered parades for many years, including the two during the Covid pandemic. On those occasions, Gibbons never knew quite where the parade was going to be – but he managed to find and photograph both of them.
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