{"id":11681,"date":"2013-12-11T19:11:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T19:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/?p=11681"},"modified":"2013-12-11T19:11:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T19:11:50","slug":"christmas-season-begins-a-day-late-in-susuqehanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2013\/12\/11\/christmas-season-begins-a-day-late-in-susuqehanna\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas season begins a day late in Susuqehanna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11682\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasSanta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11682\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682\" alt=\"Rebecca Haley, daughter of Chad and Chrissie Haley, Susquehanna, brought Santa a thank-you letter and a gift during the SCDA Breakfast with Santa held in St. John\u2019s Parish Center on Saturday, Dec. 7.\" src=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasSanta-217x300.jpg\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasSanta-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasSanta-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasSanta-300x414.jpg 300w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasSanta.jpg 2163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rebecca Haley, daughter of Chad and Chrissie Haley, Susquehanna, brought Santa a thank-you letter and a gift during the SCDA Breakfast with Santa held in St. John\u2019s Parish Center on Saturday, Dec. 7.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Susquehanna\u2019s Christmas Tree Lighting program scheduled for Friday evening, Dec. 6, was canceled when a severe weather alert was issued early in the day, canceling school for the afternoon and all evening activities.<\/p>\n<p>This was a disappointment to many, including Geena Miller, a 6th grade student at Susquehanna Community Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>Geena, daughter of Chris and Joni Miller, had provided the decorated pine cones for the tree and was looking forward to the tree lighting program.<\/p>\n<p>The second part of the borough\u2019s start for the holidays went off as scheduled. Breakfast with Santa, held Saturday morning in St. John\u2019s Parish Center, sponsored by the Susquehanna Community Development Association was an overwhelming success.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11684\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasTree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11684\" class=\" wp-image-11684 \" alt=\"Even though Susquehanna\u2019s Christmas tree lighting program was canceled for weather, this year\u2019s tree was trimmed with decorated pine cones provided by sixth grader, Geena Miller. \" src=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasTree-300x279.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasTree-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasTree-1024x952.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmasTree.jpg 2604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even though Susquehanna\u2019s Christmas tree lighting program was canceled for weather, this year\u2019s tree was trimmed with decorated pine cones provided by sixth grader, Geena Miller.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Each child received a photo with Santa and a gift along with an opportunity to have breakfast out with their family.<\/p>\n<p>Over 250 breakfasts cooked by St. John\u2019s Men\u2019s Club and served by SCDA members and friends was made possible with generous donations by Schneider\u2019s Market, Barnes Kasson Hospital, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 86, Lanesboro Senior Center and the Nellie Jane DeWitt Business and Professional Women\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n<p>This year an added feature was an electric train display set up by John and Shirley Schell.<\/p>\n<p>The replica of a 1920 freight train was a familiar sight to many.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11683\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmastrains.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11683\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11683\" alt=\"Colin Herschel, son of Judith and Eric Herschel, Susquehanna, enjoyed the electric train that was a new feature for Susquehanna\u2019s Breakfast with Santa. John Schell, who is responsible for the display, is shown far right.\" src=\"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmastrains-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmastrains-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmastrains-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/psowegomedia.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WGSI_SusqXmastrains.jpg 3264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin Herschel, son of Judith and Eric Herschel, Susquehanna, enjoyed the electric train that was a new feature for Susquehanna\u2019s Breakfast with Santa. John Schell, who is responsible for the display, is shown far right.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Susquehanna, being a railroad town, most every home in years past had an electric train brought out at Christmas or in some cases was a permanent display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correspondent Susquehanna\u2019s Christmas Tree Lighting program scheduled for Friday evening, Dec. 6, was canceled when a severe weather alert was issued early in the day,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christmas season begins a day late in Susuqehanna - 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