December 20, 2019

December 20th is the 354th day of the year. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Armoury Christmas Market continues tonight and tomorrow.

A world class projection light show will debut tonight at 7 featuring Santa Claus. Come back Saturday at 7 to see it again. You won’t be disappointed.

Inside the armouries the market is open all weekend. $5 to get in today, $10 on Saturday and Sunday.

Stop by Saturday and chill out at the Fleece and Frost Cocktail Lounge, tickets are $20 and benefit the Children’s Treatment Centre.

Check out the link for more information.

It’s Holiday Movie Night at the Capitol!

Come by the Chatham Capitol Theatre tonight at 6 to see Elf and come back at 8 to see Christmas Vacation on the big screen.

Free admission. Everyone is welcome. Concessions are available.

There’s another holiday movie on Sunday – come and see Jingle All the Way at 2. Free admission, thanks to an anonymous sponsor!

The Friday before Christmas is the busiest travel day of the year.

The busiest travel period of the winter is the typical holiday vacation time frame of December 15 to January 5.

Some say close to 140,000 people expected to arrive or depart from Toronto Pearson Airport. And almost 3 million people will hit the airport over the holidays.

Winter begins tomorrow at 11:19pm. It’s the shortest day of the year for anyone living in the Northern Hemisphere.

The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, meaning the least amount of sunlight. We should get 9-9.5 hours of sunlight.

After this today, the days start getting longer. The amount of daylight begins to increase.

The first day of spring is March 19th, 2020.

A new partnership between Apple, Google, Amazon, and the Zigbee Alliance was announced this week. “Project Connected Home” will work towards creating new standards so competing products can work together in the home. The announcement is a response to customer complaints about controlling their smart homes and devices from so many different companies.

The partnership’s first focus will be on smart safety devices like smoke detectors, smart locks, electric plugs and window shades.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod