{"id":240407,"date":"2026-07-10T18:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240407\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:13:53","slug":"pa-woman-attempts-to-save-the-christmas-barn-in-bethlehem-township-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240407\/","title":{"rendered":"Pa. woman attempts to save the Christmas Barn in Bethlehem Township"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; Dana Alyss has gone viral with her campaign to save the Christmas Barn in Bethlehem Township.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Natives remember it as the site of a former family business that peddled holiday magic for several decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There, the Swienckowski family sold music boxes, trinkets, ornaments, and more before <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/2007\/03\/01\/for-bethlehem-twp-the-holiday-comes-to-an-end-the-christmas-barn-a-year-round-shop-will-close-this-month\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closing up shop in 2007.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Alyss remembers being away at college when the Christmas Barn closed. She mused about purchasing and restoring the property to its former glory one day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fast forward, a career in television and social media content creation propelled Alyss to a following of several hundred thousand across various platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Alyss used her fanbase as fuel to garner support for the cause of saving the Christmas Barn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The property is <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/jbpropertygroup.com\/properties\/101-Retail-4186-Easton-Ave-Bethlehem-Pennsylvania-18020-USD1-895-000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">listed by The James Balliet Property Group<\/a> at a recently-discounted price of $1,895,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Alyss hopes to raise $200,000 to secure a down payment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She has already <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-me-save-the-christmas-barn-in-bethlehem-pa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">raised more than $27,000 with a GoFundMe page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;It would, like, reignite Christmas spirit in my soul,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think it would give me some hope in humanity that, you know, everyday people can come together to save a building.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">To keep up with Alyss&#8217; efforts, follow her on social media @DanaAlyss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/videoClip\/19364776\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: Daughters of the American Revolution restore patriots&#8217; graves in New Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The graves of patriots from the American Revolution were cleaned and honored by members of the DAR Moorestown Chapter.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; Dana Alyss has gone viral with her campaign to save the Christmas Barn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,1994,103313,98225,2350,30154,35496],"class_list":["post-240407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-township","tag-christmas-barn","tag-dana-alyss","tag-fundraiser","tag-restore","tag-save"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240407","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=240407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}