By Vicky Peters

PARADE: Kids-at-heart, and those with kids, will be flocking street-side along the subway route between Christie and King stations (Bloor Street, University Avenue, Queen Street, Yonge Street, and Front Street) to watch an old guy in a red suit wave at us from a plastic float. The rest of us will want to pay attention to the route and avoid it at all costs. Corner of Bloor and Christie Streets, 12:30 p.m., FREE.
LOVE: Immediately following the Santa Claus Parade, a satellite version of the UK group Karmageddon invites you to join in a giant group hug. The good-karma mob will make its way to Kensington Market for eventual pub-related activities, giving out free hugs, kisses, and/or candy to everyone along the way. Participants are encouraged to dress as elves or in other seasonal-affective ensembles. Yonge and Dundas Square, 4:10 p.m., FREE.
ART: There’s a fantastic opportunity at OCAD this afternoon for anyone who’s planning on applying to design school this year. National Portfolio Day is a chance to have your portfolio critiqued by art and design school professionals in advance of your admittance interview. No registration is required—just show up with your work (fifteen pieces or less) and listen well. Ontario College of Art and Design (100 McCaul Street), 12–4 p.m., FREE.
FILM: The European embassies have put together the Eh! U European Film Festival, an exhibition of the best recent European films not yet screened in Canada, on until November 30. All screenings are free of charge and most are showing at either Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue) or the Royal Cinema (608 College Street West). This year’s Palme D’Or winner, France’s 2008 Oscar entry The Class, launches the festival this afternoon. Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles Street), 4 p.m., FREE
Photo by Squeakyrat from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.