{"id":281864,"date":"2025-11-14T05:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/281864\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:03:09","slug":"torontos-distillery-district-warns-of-unaffiliated-christmas-market-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/281864\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto\u2019s Distillery District warns of \u2018unaffiliated\u2019 Christmas Market website"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s an apparent Grinch posing as the former Toronto Christmas Market\u2019s website, prompting the Distillery Historic District to warn potential visitors about the unaffiliated webpage. <\/p>\n

When looking at the website (tochristmasmarket.com) at first glance, it does appear to advertise the annual market, noting seasonal activities, the run-time for this year, hours of operation and how to buy tickets.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s even a Santa Claus waving from his cherry red throne at the top of the webpage\u2014nestled above an advertisement for SpinsUP Online Casino. There\u2019s also a tab for \u201centertainment,\u201d which lists various Christmas-themed slots. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd for an online player, there is no present better than a good game with some good bonuses, potentially bringing some good wins,\u201d the page reads, before listing the \u201c25 best Christmas online slots\u201d for online gamers to peruse. <\/p>\n

\"\"distillery district fake website A new page appears on the fake Distillery District Christmas Market page, listing the ‘Top 25 Best Christmas Slots.’ <\/p>\n

CTV News Toronto attempted to contact this webpage for comment but our email bounced back. <\/p>\n

The legitimate site for the Distillery District\u2019s event, which has been called the Winter Village since 2021, is thedistillerywintervillage.com. <\/p>\n

While today the two websites look glaringly different, the Toronto Christmas Market webpage looks similar to the prior Distillery District\u2019s website from 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement to CTV News Toronto, the Distillery Historic District Management confirmed they informed the Toronto Police Service about the fake website and emailed a complaint. A spokesperson for the Toronto Police told CTV News Toronto it could not find record of an official report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Distillery Historic District is aware of an unaffiliated website that has been using our imagery and event information without authorization,\u201d the statement reads. <\/p>\n

They add that they are incapable of acquiring the domain name of the unofficial website currently, as it is registered to a third party outside of Canada, but did not provide further details. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe strongly encourage guests to rely solely on this website (thedistillerywintervillage.com) for accurate event details and ticket purchases,\u201d the management team said. <\/p>\n

\"\"distillery district website The legitimate website for Toronto’s Distillery District Winter Village. (Google) <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Distillery Winter Village looks forward to welcoming visitors from around the world to experience Toronto\u2019s most magical holiday tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event kicks off on Thursday, with the tree lighting at 6 p.m. The weeks-long event runs until Jan. 4, 2026, though it is closed on Christmas Day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s an apparent Grinch posing as the former Toronto Christmas Market\u2019s website, prompting the Distillery Historic District to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-281864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}