{"id":96806,"date":"2019-11-26T00:43:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T05:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=96806"},"modified":"2019-11-28T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T17:00:27","slug":"photos-from-the-from-the-ethnic-tree-lighting-ceremony-in-bethlehem-photos-by-john-delgrosso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=96806","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS FROM THE FROM THE ETHNIC TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY IN BETHLEHEM | Photos by: John DelGrosso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.delgrosso.photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photos by: John DelGrosso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The South Bethlehem Historical Society is pleased to announce that its Annual Ethnic Christmas Tree exhibit will now be on display in the Visitor Center at SteelStacks. There are 16 different ethnic trees on display.<br \/>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_6a2aa399e714e\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-no su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"3\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/78093101_2614842635248596_2607665977604702208_n.jpg?ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/78093101_2614842635248596_2607665977604702208_n.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"78093101_2614842635248596_2607665977604702208_n\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/78285774_533142600600108_3307323056430514176_n.jpg?ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/78285774_533142600600108_3307323056430514176_n.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"78285774_533142600600108_3307323056430514176_n\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/78495914_605374503539764_6284478275871834112_n.jpg?ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/78495914_605374503539764_6284478275871834112_n.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"78495914_605374503539764_6284478275871834112_n\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/78882528_531708100893051_8518920494626373632_n.jpg?ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/78882528_531708100893051_8518920494626373632_n.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"78882528_531708100893051_8518920494626373632_n\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/76913898_508823793314965_2913759908719493120_n.jpg?ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/76913898_508823793314965_2913759908719493120_n.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"76913898_508823793314965_2913759908719493120_n\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/77146643_517964988934568_3065201602332721152_n.jpg?ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"200\" width=\"182\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/77146643_517964988934568_3065201602332721152_n.jpg?resize=182%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"77146643_517964988934568_3065201602332721152_n\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><br \/>\nThis year marks the 28th anniversary of this holiday tradition. German immigrants brought the Christmas tree to American in the 1800s. Today, American holiday celebrations include many traditions, especially those brought by ethnic groups to South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. German immigrants brought the Christmas tree to America in the 1800s. Prior to the Civil War, President Franklin Pierce was the first to have a Christmas tree in the White House. Today, American holiday celebrations include many traditions, especially those brought by ethnic groups to South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Regular Hours are Sunday to Wednesday, 10:00 AM &#8211; 4:00 PM and Thursday to Saturday 10:00 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM. During Christkindlmarkt, there are extended hours: Thursday 10:00 PM &#8211; 6:00 PM; Friday and Saturday 10:00 PM &#8211; 8:00 PM and Sunday 10:00 AM &#8211; 6:00 PM. The Center is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year&#8217;s Day.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visitor Center at SteelStacks, 711 East 1st Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015<\/p>\n<p>About The Chamber:<\/p>\n<p>The Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s mission is to advocate, preserve and advance business and community interests to further economic growth in the city of Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,2294,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-john-delgrosso","category-photography"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ethnic-tree.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}