{"id":59121,"date":"2025-11-17T17:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=59121"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:21:45","slug":"lakeland-to-debut-its-first-christmas-tree-in-munn-park-on-thanksgiving-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/11\/17\/lakeland-to-debut-its-first-christmas-tree-in-munn-park-on-thanksgiving-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland to Debut Its First Christmas Tree in Munn Park on Thanksgiving Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This Thanksgiving, Downtown Lakeland is adding a brand-new tradition to the holiday season. On Thursday, November 27, at 6:00 PM, the city will light the very first Christmas tree ever placed in Munn Park\u2014marking a milestone moment for one of Lakeland\u2019s most beloved gathering spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Families are invited to arrive early, as the park will start buzzing around 5:45 PM with festive music, holiday photo opportunities, and a cheerful pre-show atmosphere. At 6:00 PM, the community will come together for a shared countdown as the tree bursts into brilliant lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the switch is flipped, visitors can wander the park, snap photos, and soak in the cozy holiday glow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This free, family-friendly event takes place in the heart of Downtown Lakeland. Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chairs to settle in comfortably. Downtown parking garages and nearby street parking will be open\u2014though arriving early will make the experience even smoother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new tradition is starting in Munn Park, and everyone\u2019s invited to watch it shine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Thanksgiving, Downtown Lakeland is adding a brand-new tradition to the holiday season. On Thursday, November 27, at 6:00 PM, the city will light the very first Christmas tree ever… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMTFcL2ltZ180ODk4LndlYnA_Zml0PTY5NiUyQzY5NiZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6Ikxha2VsYW5kIHRvIERlYnV0IEl0cyBGaXJzdCBDaHJpc3RtYXMgVHJlZSBpbiBNdW5uIFBhcmsgb24gVGhhbmtzZ2l2aW5nIE5pZ2h0IiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJoaWdod2F5IiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.624-VxBc9kHi2S1oP2nsRwso68Mkn043RNwZZNLBSlYMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":59122,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_4898.webp","type":"image\/webp"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[12608],"class_list":["post-59121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-lakeland-to-debut-its-first-christmas-tree-in-munn-park-on-thanksgiving-night"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59123,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59121\/revisions\/59123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}