You can take Christmas out of the market, but you can’t change the fact that it’s still a Christmas market.
But they are sure going to try.
Just when you thought the politically correct, woke, cancel-culture world was starting to be pushed back upon comes word Toronto’s most famous Christmas market is actually more of a seasonal market.
They call it the Distillery Winter Village.
“It was a joy to join everyone at the Distillery Winter Market!” Mayor Olivia Chow said in a recent X post.
Mayor Chow got it wrong twice. She left out Christmas and got the new name mixed up, too. Only in Toronto. That’s what happens when you replace tradition and common sense with madness and revisionism.
Chow, who did use ‘Christmas’ to describe the Leslieville market, didn’t disappoint her leftist base with the second part of her message about the one at the Distillery.
“If you plan to head down, Bike Share or the TTC are great ways to travel,” she posted to X.
Member of Parliament Kevin Vuong weighed in on X as well.
“It’s called a Christmas Market,” he posted, adding in a second post that he prefers to not “woke wash” Canada’s heritage.
Then on Toronto 640 radio, in which he was sitting in on the morning show for Greg Brady, Vuong talked with guest, Toronto Councillor Brad Bradford, about if the mayor had dropped another cultural ball like she did by not showing up for the Oct. 7 one-year anniversary vigil for the slain in Israel.
Bradford, who does not shy away from being critical of the mayor, said this was not one of those times. He pointed out that Chow was merely referring to what the market is now called.
What happened to it being called a Christmas market? It says online it was called the Toronto Christmas Market at the Distillery District in 2024.
However, apparently this is not what it was called.
“The name of the seven-and-a-half-week event is “The Distillery Winter Village.” This is not a new name change, it’s been called The Distillery Winter Village for the past five years to reflect the extended winter wonderland experience we offer visitors beyond Christmas Day,” said the Distillery District in a statement. “Unlike many other markets, ours runs until the end of the first week of January each year. This year, we close on January 5, 2025. However, the Christmas Tree will remain on display for all to enjoy until mid-January.”
As for Chow’s X post, the Distillery Winter Village defended the mayor.
“We don’t believe Mayor Chow’s X post on December 21 was intentionally avoiding using the word Christmas, she was simply referring to the name of our event (though mistakenly called the event the Distillery Winter Market, and the correct name is The Distillery Winter Village),” said the statement. “Mayor Chow joined us for a special holiday concert with Mirvish Productions on Sunday, December 15 – A Very Merry Mirvish Holiday Concert – where she provided opening remarks and, in fact, wished everyone a Merry Christmas and commented on the beautiful Christmas tree.”
It doesn’t matter the issue, society has to tip-toe around those who not only change and cancel Canadian treasures, then they want to sell that it is actually others who got it wrong.
But everybody knows. Everybody can see it.
It’s insulting to take Christmas out of Christmas markets and no matter the spin, they need to put it back in there — if not on Christmas Eve — at least for next year.
They should stop insulting Christians and re-writing Canadian history. And more people should push back on those who do that feeling like nobody can say anything.
It’s especially important considering what happened at the Christmas market in Germany in which five people were murdered — including a nine-year-old boy, and dozens wounded by a terror attack in the form of a man driving a car into the crowd.
He didn’t do that at a winter market or holiday market. It was a Christmas market.
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“This year’s Distillery Winter Village has been one of our most successful in terms of attendance, and we expect to welcome one million visitors from around the world this year, up from 800,000 last year,” Distillery officials said in a statement. “We’ve been named to several global ‘best Christmas Markets’ lists, including Stern Magazine’s ‘Twelve most beautiful Christmas Markets outside Germany’ and CNN Travel’s ‘The best Christmas Markets taking place around the world in 2024.’”
Fantastic. The only complaint is taking the word Christmas out of the name.
“It’s called a Christmas Market,” he posted, adding in a second post that he prefers to not “woke wash” Canada’s heritage.
Then on Toronto 640 radio, in which he was sitting in on the morning show for Greg Brady, Vuong talked with guest, Toronto Councillor Brad Bradford, about if the mayor had dropped another cultural ball like she did by not showing up for the Oct. 7 one-year anniversary vigil for the slain in Israel.
Bradford, who does not shy away from being critical of the mayor, said this was not one of those times. He pointed out that Chow was merely referring to what the market is now called.
What happened to it being called a Christmas market? It says online it was called the Toronto Christmas Market at the Distillery District in 2024.
However, apparently this is not what it was called.
“The name of the seven-and-a-half-week event is “The Distillery Winter Village.” This is not a new name change, it’s been called The Distillery Winter Village for the past five years to reflect the extended winter wonderland experience we offer visitors beyond Christmas Day,” said the Distillery District in a statement. “Unlike many other markets, ours runs until the end of the first week of January each year. This year, we close on January 5, 2025. However, the Christmas Tree will remain on display for all to enjoy until mid-January.”
As for Chow’s X post, the Distillery Winter Village defended the mayor.
“We don’t believe Mayor Chow’s X post on December 21 was intentionally avoiding using the word Christmas, she was simply referring to the name of our event (though mistakenly called the event the Distillery Winter Market, and the correct name is The Distillery Winter Village),” said the statement. “Mayor Chow joined us for a special holiday concert with Mirvish Productions on Sunday, December 15 – A Very Merry Mirvish Holiday Concert – where she provided opening remarks and, in fact, wished everyone a Merry Christmas and commented on the beautiful Christmas tree.”
It doesn’t matter the issue, society has to tip-toe around those who not only change and cancel Canadian treasures, then they want to sell that it is actually others who got it wrong.
But everybody knows. Everybody can see it.
It’s insulting to take Christmas out of Christmas markets and no matter the spin, they need to put it back in there — if not on Christmas Eve — at least for next year.
They should stop insulting Christians and re-writing Canadian history. And more people should push back on those who do that feeling like nobody can say anything.
It’s especially important considering what happened at the Christmas market in Germany in which five people were murdered — including a nine-year-old boy, and dozens wounded by a terror attack in the form of a man driving a car into the crowd.
He didn’t do that at a winter market or holiday market. It was a Christmas market.
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No one should try to appease terrorists or bend to the woke. No one should change the name of a Christian tradition like Christmas.
The Christmas market at the Distillery is a good one. People from all over come to it.
“This year’s Distillery Winter Village has been one of our most successful in terms of attendance, and we expect to welcome one million visitors from around the world this year, up from 800,000 last year,” Distillery officials said in a statement. “We’ve been named to several global ‘best Christmas Markets’ lists, including Stern Magazine’s ‘Twelve most beautiful Christmas Markets outside Germany’ and CNN Travel’s ‘The best Christmas Markets taking place around the world in 2024.’”
Fantastic. The only complaint is taking the word Christmas out of the name.
It’s insulting to take Christmas out of Christmas markets and no matter the spin, they need to put it back in there — if not on Christmas Eve — at least for next year.
They should stop insulting Christians and re-writing Canadian history. And more people should push back on those who do that feeling like nobody can say anything.
It’s especially important considering what happened at the Christmas market in Germany in which five people were murdered — including a nine-year-old boy, and dozens wounded by a terror attack in the form of a man driving a car into the crowd.
He didn’t do that at a winter market or holiday market. It was a Christmas market.
RECOMMENDED VIDEO
No one should try to appease terrorists or bend to the woke. No one should change the name of a Christian tradition like Christmas.
The Christmas market at the Distillery is a good one. People from all over come to it.
“This year’s Distillery Winter Village has been one of our most successful in terms of attendance, and we expect to welcome one million visitors from around the world this year, up from 800,000 last year,” Distillery officials said in a statement. “We’ve been named to several global ‘best Christmas Markets’ lists, including Stern Magazine’s ‘Twelve most beautiful Christmas Markets outside Germany’ and CNN Travel’s ‘The best Christmas Markets taking place around the world in 2024.’”
Fantastic. The only complaint is taking the word Christmas out of the name.
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