The Ontario Chamber of Commerce will again present The 26th Annual Christmas on Euclid on Saturday, December 6, 2008. This free Festival highlights the diverse community of Ontario, California. Christmas on Euclid will include, food purveyors, artisans, health practitioners, and unique independent businesses. Over 100 regional artisans show their wares at Christmas on Euclid and entertainment includes live music, holiday performances, and demonstrations. Children's activities at the event include puppet shows, crafts, video development, farm animals, and pony rides. Other vendors and exhibitors include local schools, realtors, health practitioners, and non-profit organizations.

Christmas on Euclid takes place in Ontario, California on the blocks of North Euclid Avenue from Holt Blvd to G Street. The site is the perfect place for this premier Christmas Festival, which is expected to draw 30,000 people this year both from the immediate area and the larger Inland Empire region.

Ontario first developed as an agricultural community, largely but not exclusively devoted to citrus. A few of the lovely Victorian "grove houses" still survive, relics of the days when growers could pretend that they were living the graceful lives of the old Spanish dons-until it came time for harvest.

Since World War II, Ontario has become a much more diversified community. The mean temperature of 61 degrees and the average rainfall of 18.4" continues to attract more residents; with an approximate population of 170,373. The city has expanded from the 0.38 square mile area incorporated back in 1891, up to almost 50 square miles. The economy now reflects an industrial and manufacturing base. Ten thousand acres are zoned for industrial use. With three major railroads, the San Bernardino, Pomona, and Devore Freeways (10, 60, and 15), and the Ontario International Airport. Ontario is well provided with major transportation resources. Its proximity to Los Angeles ensures that Ontario will continue to grow in the years ahead

For more information about the Ontario, California Chamber of Commerce, please go to ontario.org or call 909-984-2458.

To request accommodations for persons with disabilities or if you have communication needs such as large print, braille or sign language interpreters, please call 1-800-310-6563 or fax us at 415-456-6436 at least three weeks prior to the event.

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