Swifties took over Toronto Thursday as they geared up for pop superstar Taylor Swift’s first Canadian show on her globe-spanning, record-breaking Eras Tour. Swift will play six consecutive sold-out shows at Rogers Centre that had fans scrambling for a year to secure tickets and accommodations.

It is that time of the year when decorations and twinkling lights return from the festive bunkers, with the year-ending shenanigans right around the corner. But what differentiates this year from all the rest is how the world has been preparing for Taylor Swift to say,

Taylor Swift takes her Eras Tour to Canada for the final nine shows of the epic concert series, kicking it off in Toronto on Thursday night for six shows over the last two weeks of November. Swift will wrap up the nearly two-year tour on December 8 in Vancouver.