{"id":21552,"date":"2024-11-15T15:12:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=21552"},"modified":"2024-11-15T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:12:18","slug":"tree-lighting-in-decatur-set-for-nov-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/tree-lighting-in-decatur-set-for-nov-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree lighting in Decatur set for Nov. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decatur&#8217;s annual Christmas tree lighting festivities are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 22, from 4 to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual, the event will be held in and around the courthouse square and be open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santa will arrive at 4 p.m. and youngsters may meet him in the Santa Shack on the Madison St. Plaza from 4-6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tree-lighting.jpg?resize=400%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tree-lighting.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tree-lighting.jpg?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Free carriage rides will be offered from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tree lighting will start at 6 p.m. and be followed by a toy giveaway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will also include live caroling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soup and drinks will be sold by the Decatur Church of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gingerbread house entries in a new event, a Gingerbread Family Festival (see earlier story), will be on view at the HIVE from 3-8 p.m. as part of the tree lighting festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judging of the gingerbread houses will select winners in three categories: most creative, best design and best theme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Decatur&#8217;s annual Christmas tree lighting festivities are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 22, from 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[14,56],"class_list":["post-21552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-decatur","tag-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21554,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21552\/revisions\/21554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}