{"id":113995,"date":"2022-10-06T21:54:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T01:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113995"},"modified":"2022-10-06T21:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T01:54:31","slug":"annual-christmas-city-ornaments-now-available-for-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113995","title":{"rendered":"Annual Christmas City Ornaments Now Available for Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Photo Credit: Spillman Farmer Architects of Bethlehem<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Custom engraved ornaments will decorate Christmas City Trellis in Payrow Plaza<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem, PA (October 4, 2022) &#8211; Two-hundred limited edition collectible Bethlehem Christmas Trellis ornaments are now available for sale. Bethlehem\u2019s Citizen\u2019s Christmas City Committee issues a new ornament annually. Buyers can have them custom engraved with a name or a message. Proceeds will fund setting up the city\u2019s Christmas tree and the tree lighting ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The committee hangs about 100 of the ornaments on the Christmas City Trellis in Payrow Plaza. The trellis is a popular outdoor exhibit featuring musical chimes with the ornaments dangling from them. When the display comes down, you take your ornament home as a keepsake. \u201cIt\u2019s so special to have your personally engraved item be a part of this display,\u201d said Tammy Wendling Senior Vice President of Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce. \u201cI always thought it would be fun to see something like a proposal engraved on one. It would be so romantic to be walking through the winter wonderland and then seeing that special engraving,\u201d said Wendling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Light in the window\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s ornament highlights a beloved Bethlehem holiday tradition that dates back hundreds of years to the city\u2019s Moravian roots &#8211; window candles. Wendling said, \u201cIn designing this ornament, the committee wanted to reflect that warm glow of Bethlehem\u2019s holiday spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to buy your collectible Christmas City Ornament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ornaments are $15 each. You can buy yours at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visithistoricbethlehem.com\/christmas\/christmas-trellis-ornaments\/\">visithistoricbethlehem.com<\/a>\u00a0or by visiting the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce office at 74 West Broad Street, Suite 240.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Display Unveiling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Citizen\u2019s Christmas City Committee of the Bethlehem Chamber will unveil this year\u2019s display during a tree lighting ceremony and concert on November 18 at 5pm. The trellis display will remain up at Payrow Plaza through early January. \u201cThis year it\u2019s going to be extra special. Stay tuned for details about this year\u2019s incredible new holiday elements,\u201d hinted Wendling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nLaurie Monteforte | Founder &amp; CEO<br \/>\nStrong Mountain Media, Inc.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/strongmountainmedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/strongmountainmedia.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Spillman Farmer Architects of Bethlehem Custom engraved ornaments will decorate Christmas City Trellis in Payrow Plaza Bethlehem, PA (October 4, 2022) &#8211; Two-hundred limited edition collectible Bethlehem Christmas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113995\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Annual Christmas City Ornaments Now Available for Order<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5717,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bethlehem-ornaments.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/113996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}