{"id":18024,"date":"2025-10-28T20:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/18024\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:38:16","slug":"bethlehem-sparkles-as-christmas-city-readies-for-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/18024\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem sparkles as Christmas City readies for holiday season"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Bethlehem. Festive decorations are filling the streets as preparations ramp up for one of the city\u2019s busiest times of year.<\/p>\n

Across the \u201cChristmas City,\u201d garlands, bows and strings of lights are appearing on light poles and buildings, signaling the start of the holiday season. The light-up stars have returned to the SouthSide streetlights and across the Fahy Bridge, while Christmas tree lights now adorn Center and New streets.<\/p>\n

\"\"A light up star on the street lamps that line the Fahy bridge connecting North and South Bethlehem on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 (Photo by: Isabel Hope\/Lehigh Daily) <\/p>\n

On Main Street, crews are assembling the wooden huts that make up the Christmas City Village, a European-style outdoor market featuring local artisans and food vendors. <\/p>\n

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The Christmas City Village huts along Main St in Bethlehem on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 (Photo by: Isabel Hope\/Lehigh Daily)<\/p>\n

At Payrow Plaza, the city\u2019s large Advent candles have been placed, and the Bethlehem Christmas tree will soon follow, ahead of the annual tree lighting ceremony Nov. 28.<\/p>\n

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Large candles at Payrow Plaza in Bethlehem on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 (Photo by: Isabel Hope\/Lehigh Daily)<\/p>\n

A large illuminated Bethlehem Star is expected to be installed on the SouthSide this year, after appearing on the North Side last holiday season.<\/p>\n

At SteelStacks, Bethlehem\u2019s industrial past is transforming into a winter wonderland as crews set up for the 33rd annual Christkindlmarkt, presented by Univest Financial and organized by ArtsQuest.<\/p>\n

\"\"Setup of Chriskindlmarkt outside of the SteelStacks in Bethlehem on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 (Photo by: Isabel Hope\/Lehigh Daily)<\/p>\n

The popular market, running Nov. 14 through Dec. 21, will feature more than 170 artisans and crafters from across the country, along with food vendors, live music and new attractions.<\/p>\n

A major addition for 2025 is the debut of Winter Wonderland presented by Lehigh Valley Health Network, an expanded holiday village featuring new d\u00e9cor, a second entrance and cozy private igloos available for rent. Guests can also enjoy festive drinks, hands-on crafts, hot glass ornament-making and visits with St. Nicholas.<\/p>\n

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Setup of Chriskindlmarkt outside of the SteelStacks in Bethlehem on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 (Photo by: Isabel Hope\/Lehigh Daily)<\/p>\n

ArtsQuest said the expanded Christkindlmarkt and refreshed holiday programming are all part of enhancing the experience for locals and visitors alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cChristkindlmarkt 2025 promises to be the most immersive and memorable holiday market yet, fitting for a city proudly known as the Christmas City,\u201d ArtsQuest PR coordinator Bryn Keeney said.<\/p>\n

For full schedules, event tickets and updates, visit christmascity.org<\/a> or artsquest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Bethlehem. Festive decorations are filling the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-18024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}