{"id":9,"date":"2011-04-05T02:24:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T02:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:57:31","slug":"applications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Participate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ChristmasParadePicMix.jpg\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-233\" title=\"ChristmasParadePicMix\" src=\"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ChristmasParadePicMix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ChristmasParadePicMix.jpg 498w, https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ChristmasParadePicMix-300x44.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It takes two things to make a great parade: spectators and participants.\u00a0 Which will <em>you<\/em> choose.\u00a0 Either way, we&#8217;re excited to have you join us this year and we&#8217;re even more excited about the possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>You see, no one knows what is in the parade until parade day!\u00a0 Sure, we know there will be marching bands, but what music will they play?\u00a0 Will the Grinch make an appearance this year?\u00a0 There will be floats&#8211;lots of floats, but how will they be decorated?\u00a0 And which float will have the most lights?<\/p>\n<p>How zany will the Shriner Clowns be this time around?\u00a0 Will Mr. Self bring his Calliope?<\/p>\n<p>Santa <em>always<\/em> arrives in style.\u00a0 What will Santa be riding on this year?\u00a0 His float is always magnificent, but will he outdo himself this year?<\/p>\n<p>No one can answer these questions until parade day!<\/p>\n<p>Will you be a <a href=\"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/?page_id=11\">entry in the parade<\/a>?\u00a0 Or will you be a <a href=\"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/?page_id=14\">vendor<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Spectators are always welcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes two things to make a great parade: spectators and participants.\u00a0 Which will you choose.\u00a0 Either way, we&#8217;re excited to have you join us this year and we&#8217;re even more excited about the possibilities. You see, no one knows what is in the parade until parade day!\u00a0 Sure, we know there will be marching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385,"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/2385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}