At the Montreal Christmas parade, the "star fairy" will be a drag queen (www.cbc.ca)

Santa won’t be the only one in attendance: Montreal drag queen Barbada will also be leading the parade as the Star Fairy.

Barbada is a regular with children. Sébastien Potvin, the man behind the drag queen, is a primary school music teacher. When he puts on make-up and a wig, he hosts an eponymous youth program on ICI Tou.tv and offers story time in libraries, bookstores and daycare centres.