{"id":27571,"date":"2018-11-20T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T15:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=27571"},"modified":"2018-11-20T10:10:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T15:10:54","slug":"downingtown-christmas-tree-lighting-parade-nov-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=27571","title":{"rendered":"Downingtown Christmas Tree lighting\/parade, Nov. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/treelighting2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8577\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/treelighting2017-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a>The annual Downingtown Christmas tree lighting is scheduled for Saturday, November 24 at 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This year Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas, Inc. is partnering with the Downingtown-Thorndale Regional Chamber of Commerce to put on the tree lighting and annual Christmas parade.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chamber is honored to take part in these wonderful community events. We look forward to continuing to bring them to the people of Downingtown for years to come,\u201d said Mike Glover, Chamber President.<\/p>\n<p>The tree lighting will take place in Kerr Park, next to the Log House. The GPS location is 19 Park Lane, Downingtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanta will be arriving by fire truck to light the tree with the Tim Hedrick family.<\/p>\n<p>Come early to enjoy Christmas music by DJ Dre and St. Joseph\u2019s choir.\u00a0 We have face painting, crafts and Christmas trivia for the kids; WOGL 98.1 with games and prizes; cookies, hot chocolate and an s\u2019mores station,\u201d said Dianne Plaugher, co-chair of Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Through community donations, an additional three-foot section was purchased this year to make the artificial three stand at 20 feet tall.<\/p>\n<p>The Downingtown Christmas parade will take place on Saturday, December 8 at 3:00 p.m.\u00a0 \u201cWe have outstanding bands, floats, walking and marching groups, antique cars, fire trucks, and of course the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus on their very own float!\u201d said Plaugher.<\/p>\n<p>Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas and the Chamber are hosting a \u201cBusiness Storefront Decorating Contest,\u201d where the public will vote for their favorite display.\u00a0 Details and voting information can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtownchristmas.com\">www.dtownchristmas.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Donations are needed for a successful tree lighting and parade.\u00a0 Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, and donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. \u00a0Donations may be made online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtownchristmas.com\">www.dtownchristmas.com<\/a> and click on the sponsor tab.\u00a0 Or checks in any amount may be made payable to Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas, Inc. and mailed to Downingtown-Thorndale Regional Chamber of Commerce, 216 E. Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, PA\u00a0 19335.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Downingtown Christmas tree lighting is scheduled for Saturday, November 24 at 6:00 p.m. This year Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas, Inc. is partnering with the Downingtown-Thorndale Regional Chamber of Commerce to put on the tree lighting and annual Christmas parade. &nbsp;&nbsp; Send article as PDF &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11067,11066],"class_list":["post-27571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-christmas-tree-lighting","tag-downigntown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27572,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27571\/revisions\/27572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}