{"id":43,"date":"2014-12-24T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/?p=43"},"modified":"2014-12-18T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T21:50:09","slug":"the-nations-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/featured\/the-nations-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nation&#8217;s Christmas Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2274\" style=\"width: 138px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/257px-General_Grant_tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2274\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2274\" src=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/257px-General_Grant_tree-128x300.jpg\" alt=\"General Grant Tree\" width=\"128\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy of Christoph R\u00fcckert and Kirsten Auferkorte<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">The first Christmas program was held at the General Grant Tree in 1925. \u00a0President Calvin Coolidge designated the General Grant Tree as the Nation&#8217;s Christmas Tree on April 28, 1926 and a program has been held there\u00a0every year since then. Each year on the 2nd Sunday of December, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanger.org\/\">Sanger Chamber of Commerce<\/a> hosts the Trek to the Nation&#8217;s Christmas Tree Ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to wait for the Trek, \u00a0you can visit the tree anytime. \u00a0It&#8217;s in the General Grant Grove of King&#8217;s Canyon National Park, California. \u00a0If you go in the winter, chains may be required on your tires and you should be prepared for snow and general winter weather! \u00a0Be sure to check the Park&#8217;s website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/seki\/\">www.nps.gov\/seki\/<\/a> for current conditions and more information before you go.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Merry Christmas from EXPLORE!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Christmas program was held at the General Grant Tree in 1925. \u00a0President Calvin Coolidge designated the General Grant Tree as the Nation&#8217;s Christmas Tree on April 28, 1926 and a program has been held there\u00a0every year since then. Each year on the 2nd Sunday of December, the Sanger Chamber of Commerce hosts the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-places-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}