Christmas in Toronto is all about making the most of the season: festive lights, cozy afternoons, holiday treats, and finding something fun to do when the kids are home from school.
If you're looking for Christmas things to do in Toronto, we've rounded up 10 festive ideas to add to your December calendar, including a few hands-on holiday experiences at Le Dolci Culinary Classroom in The Junction.
1. Bake Holiday Cookies at Le Dolci
Turn an ordinary December afternoon into a holiday baking memory with Ho, Ho, Holiday Cookie Baking. In this hands-on 3-hour class, you'll make three festive favourites: Linzer, Thumbprint, and Chocolate Crinkle Cookies.
You'll learn how to prepare the doughs, roll and shape cookies, fill Linzer cookies with jam, and work with chocolate crinkle dough. Best of all, you get to take home the cookies you made yourself.
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2. Take the Kids to Holiday Baking Camp
Looking for something special for the kids during winter break? Bakes & Snowflakes Holiday Baking Camp gives young bakers ages 6–12 a chance to spend the day baking, decorating, creating, and making new friends.
Campers make gingerbread treats and their own holiday or New Year's Eve celebration cake, with two sessions running December 21–23 and December 28–30.
3. Visit a Toronto Holiday Market
Make an afternoon of wandering through festive markets, browsing local vendors, enjoying seasonal treats, and taking in the holiday atmosphere. It's an easy way to get everyone out of the house and into the Christmas spirit.
4. See the Holiday Lights
Bundle up and head out for an evening of Christmas lights. From decorated neighbourhoods to major downtown displays, Toronto has plenty of opportunities to make an ordinary winter night feel a little more magical.
5. Host Your Own Cookie Exchange
If your idea of a perfect Christmas involves an unreasonable number of cookies, you're in good company.
Le Dolci's Cookie Exchange brings holiday bakers and cookie lovers together for an evening of tasting, sharing, and exchanging homemade cookies. Bring your allocated batch of the same holiday cookie and leave with a box filled with treats from fellow bakers.
Your ticket also includes a holiday drink and a box for taking your cookies home.
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6. Make a New Year's Eve Cake
Planning a celebration for the final night of the year? Get a head start with Le Dolci's New Year's Eve Cake Decorating Class.
This 2-hour beginner-friendly class lets you skip straight to the fun part. The cakes and buttercream are prepared for you, while you learn decorating techniques, create edible sails, and finish your own round vanilla cake.
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7. Plan a Festive Family Baking Day at Home
You don't need to leave the house for every holiday activity. Pick a cookie recipe, put on some Christmas music, and spend an afternoon baking together. Let the kids decorate, make a little mess, and choose which treats make it onto the Christmas table.
8. Go Skating
When the weather cooperates, an outdoor skating session is one of those classic Toronto winter activities that never gets old. Add hot chocolate afterwards and you've got yourself a very solid December afternoon.
9. Make It a Girls' Night With Champagne & Macarons
Looking for something a little more grown-up? Ring in the New Year early at Champagne & Macarons New Year's Eve at Le Dolci on December 31.
You'll spend two hours learning how to pipe and make Parisian macarons, fill them with buttercream, and take home your own creations to enjoy at your NYE celebration. And yes, there's champagne involved.
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10. Give an Experience Instead of More Stuff
By December, most people have enough things.
A baking class, cookie exchange, or holiday camp is a gift that gives someone something to look forward to, plus a memory and something delicious to take home.
From cookie lovers to little bakers and anyone who wants to try something creative, there are plenty of ways to make this Christmas in Toronto a little more hands-on.
Make This Christmas One to Remember
Whether you're exploring Toronto's holiday events, baking at home, or spending an afternoon learning something new, the best part of the season is making time for experiences together.
And if there's one thing we know at Le Dolci, it's that everything is a little sweeter when you make it yourself. 🎄🍪
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