{"id":49456,"date":"2021-11-24T08:38:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=49456"},"modified":"2021-11-24T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:39:00","slug":"downingtown-christmas-tree-lighting-nov-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=49456","title":{"rendered":"Downingtown Christmas tree lighting, Nov. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas, Inc. will present its annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 27 at 6 p.m.\u00a0 The event takes place in Kerr Park at the Log House field below the Christmas Tree.<\/p>\n

There will be holiday music provided at the concert gazebo, a face painter, small craft and games for the kids, along with cookies, hot chocolate and a S\u2019more station.\u00a0 Of course, the evening would not be complete without Santa arriving by firetruck to help light the Christmas Tree!<\/p>\n

\u201cDowningtown Good Neighbor Christmas, Inc. is proud to display our 20\u2019 artificial lighted Giant Everest Christmas Tree with a 3\u2019 lighted star on top.\u00a0 The tree, which is professionally decorated, sits next to the Log House on Lancaster Avenue and at the entrance to Kerr Park, providing our community a beautiful sight for the holidays\u201d, said Dianne Plaugher, co-Chair of Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext up after the tree lighting is our Christmas Parade to be held on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 3pm.\u00a0 We have outstanding bands, floats, walking and marching groups, and much more.\u00a0 And of course the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus in a sleigh, said Plaugher\u201d.<\/p>\n

Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas partners with the Downingtown-Thorndale Regional Chamber of Commerce in presenting these two events. \u201cThe Chamber is honored to partner with Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas in presenting the tree lighting and parade again this year. These are wonderful community events and we look forward to continuing to bring them to the people of Downingtown for years to come\u201d, said Patti McComsey, Chamber President.<\/p>\n

If that\u2019s not enough, Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas and the Chamber are hosting a \u201cBusiness Storefront Decorating Contest\u201d with cash prizes awarded for the best decorated storefronts.\u00a0 Details and registration information at www.dtownchristmas.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFundraising is an important part of our Christmas celebration which would not be possible without support from our community.\u00a0 \u201cWe are grateful to over 40 business and individuals who donated to our fundraising drive\u201d, said Plaugher.<\/p>\n

Donations are still being accepted.\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.\u00a0 Donations may be made online at 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 mail to Downingtown-Thorndale Regional Chamber of Commerce, 216 E. Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, PA\u00a0 19335.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas, Inc. will present its annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 27 at 6 p.m.\u00a0 The event takes place in Kerr Park at the Log House field below the Christmas Tree. There will be holiday music provided at the concert gazebo, a face painter, small craft and games for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14207,7828],"class_list":["post-49456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-christmas-tree-lighting","tag-downingtown-good-neighbor-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49457,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49456\/revisions\/49457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}