{"id":12630,"date":"2022-12-03T08:21:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T13:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=12630"},"modified":"2022-12-03T08:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T13:23:49","slug":"santa-arrives-in-lavallette-as-christmas-season-officially-gets-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2022\/12\/santa-arrives-in-lavallette-as-christmas-season-officially-gets-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Arrives in Lavallette As Christmas Season Officially Gets Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-EOdjrtjt-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/EOdjrtjt?hd=1&cover=1&loop=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&muted=0&controls=1&playsinline=0&useAverageColor=0&preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Santa Claus came to town in Lavallette Friday night, given a lift by the borough\u2019s volunteer firefighters to town hall, as part of the town\u2019s annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of children gathered around the Christmas tree to sing carols, led by Councilman Anita Zalom, who tickled the (keyboard) ivories and got the excitement of the season flowing. The borough\u2019s annual holiday display was fully live, with snowflakes hanging from lightpoles, wreaths adorning town hall and the historic clock decked out for the occasion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12631\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12631\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12631\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12636\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_717-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12636\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12636\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_717-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_717-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_717-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_717-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_717-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_717-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12634\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12634\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12634\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-2048x1149.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After Santa Claus made his appearance and the tree was lit with bright colors, the crowd headed inside borough hall for some sweets, courtesy of the town\u2019s police officers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_718-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12637\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_718-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_718-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_718-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_718-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_718-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_718-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_719.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12638\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_719-1024x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_719-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_719-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_719-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_719-1536x873.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_719-2048x1164.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12634\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12634\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12634\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_715-2048x1149.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12632\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_713.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12632\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12632\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_713-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_713-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_713-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_713-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_713.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12631\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12631\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12631\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lavallette Christmas Tree lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The seasonal celebration will continue this weekend, with activities planned by the Lavallette Business Association. \u201cHometown Christmas Weekend\u201d will be celebrated at businesses up and down Route 35 on Saturday, with appearances by Santa Claus, horse-and-carriage rides (from borough hall to Lenny\u2019s, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday) and other activities as seen in the flyer below.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2022\/12\/santa-arrives-in-lavallette-as-christmas-season-officially-gets-underway\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Claus came to town in Lavallette Friday night, given a lift by the borough\u2019s volunteer firefighters to town hall, as part of the town\u2019s annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. Dozens of children gathered around the Christmas tree to sing carols, led by Councilman Anita Zalom, who tickled the (keyboard) ivories and got the excitement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":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","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[264,1959,29],"class_list":["post-12630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lavallette","tag-christmas-tree-lighting","tag-featured","tag-lavallette-nj-news","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lavallette_christmas_2022_tree_lighting_712-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-3hI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}