{"id":60083,"date":"2025-12-13T14:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/60083\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T14:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:09:06","slug":"characters-from-frozen-wicked-other-faves-highlight-cancer-benefit-at-cedar-crest-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/60083\/","title":{"rendered":"Characters from Frozen, Wicked, other faves highlight cancer benefit at Cedar Crest College"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Lehigh Valley children\u2019s businesses will host a holiday character event Dec. 14 at Cedar Crest College<\/a> to raise money for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The event, called \u201cLet It Go, Defy Gravity & Save the World: A Holiday Blockbuster Event,\u201d will run from 3 to 4 p.m. at 100 Cedar Crest Blvd. More than 10 characters from holiday films and storybooks will appear during the hour-long program.<\/p>\n

Characters will represent movies including Frozen, The Polar Express, Wicked, The Wizard of Oz, Elf, Mickey\u2019s Christmas Carol, and Beauty and the Beast. K-Pop-themed characters will also attend.<\/p>\n

Children can meet characters, participate in a holiday sing-along, and visit a storybook corner featuring Richard Scarry Christmas activities. Attendees will select a book to take home and have it signed by a character.<\/p>\n

Advance tickets cost $20 per person. Children under 1 year old do not need a ticket. Doors open at 3 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n

A Storybook Party LLC and The End Bookstore are organizing the event. A Storybook Party provides character entertainment in the Lehigh Valley and has more than 60 characters available. The End Bookstore, located at 3055 W. Tilghman St. in Allentown, is a general-interest independent bookstore. Let\u2019s Play Books Co. is the parent company of The End Bookstore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Lehigh Valley children\u2019s businesses will host a holiday character event Dec. 14 at Cedar Crest College to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-60083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60083","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=60083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}