Winter in Toronto is often cold with a lot of snow. Many people complain about the (1) _______________ temperatures, of course, but many people also enjoy winter activities. One of the most popular places to go in Toronto during the winter is "Nathan Phillips Square" in front of the City Hall on the northwest corner of Bay Street and Queen Street West . This (2) _______________ plaza, which is very close to the Yonge-Dundas Square , hosts many events throughout the year, but in the winter it is mostly famous for two things: beautiful lights at Christmas and outdoor ice skating.

If you have a chance, I (3) _______________ recommend that you go down to Nathan Phillips Square one evening in December to see the lights and the beautifully-decorated tree and to practice your ice skating skills. Often the display includes more than 100,000 lights, so it is a great place to take photographs. On some Saturday evenings before Christmas Day, there is a fireworks (4) _______________ plus music and other events, so it would definitely be worth visiting, in my (5) _______________.

Another great thing to do in Toronto in the winter is to go tobogganing in local parks. "Tobogganing" is when you sit on a wooden or plastic sled (also called a sledge) and slide down a hill or slope. I'm sure that most of you have done this when you were children, but it's also great fun even as an adult. Toronto has many parks where you can do this, but one of the best places to go is probably High Park in the western part of Toronto . You can buy cheap toboggans from many stores in Canada , and going to the park is always free, so this is an (6) _______________ way to have fun in the winter.

One final thing you might enjoy doing during the cold weather, although this is in early spring rather than winter, is visiting a maple sugar shack to find out "how maple syrup is made". Maple syrup is one of the most famous Canadian (7) _______________ ? and a great gift for your friends and family back home ? so visiting a sugar shack and learning how the raw tree sap is turned into delicious syrup is a great experience. There are many sugar shacks close to Toronto and usually you can not only get a tour of the farm and a chance to see the way maple syrup is made, but also a (8) _______________ breakfast of pancakes with maple syrup!

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