{"id":70142,"date":"2025-12-25T05:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T05:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/70142\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T05:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T05:18:07","slug":"santa-claus-comes-to-olyphants-kris-kringle-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/70142\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Claus comes to Olyphant’s Kris Kringle Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Grinch joined in the Santa parade as part of the Kris Kringle Market in Olyphant. (GERI GIBBONS\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n

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Kim Onda Atkinson, organizer of the Kris Kringle Market in Olyphant, takes time to warm up and grab a hot chocolate at Rescue & Restore Church. (GERI GIBBONS\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n

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Ashleigh Lukasik, 8, of Scott Twp., enjoys the petting zoo at the Kris Kringle Market. (GERI GIBBONS\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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Horse-drawn carriage rides were offered at the Kris Kringle Market. (GERI GIBBONS\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n

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Frank Runco shops with his grandson Camden Strelecki, 2, at the Kris Kringle Market. (GERI GIBBONS\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n

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The Grinch joined in the Santa parade as part of the Kris Kringle Market in Olyphant. (GERI GIBBONS\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n

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The second annual Kris Kringle Christmas Market brought Christmas to Olyphant Borough on Dec. 6. The event featured photos with Santa Claus, a parade, face painting, children\u2019s crafts, a petting zoo and live entertainment. The market included dozens of vendors, as well as opportunities to shop the borough\u2019s downtown businesses.<\/p>\n

The event was held in conjunction with the Santa Train, which traveled through the Midvalley and Upvalley. In addition to Santa Claus, the Grinch also made an appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Grinch joined in the Santa parade as part of the Kris Kringle Market in Olyphant. (GERI GIBBONS\/STAFF…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,3052,2120,28,178,180,179,3053,13567,3054],"class_list":{"0":"post-70142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-lackawanna-county","9":"tag-midvalley","10":"tag-olyphant","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-scranton","13":"tag-scranton-headlines","14":"tag-scranton-news","15":"tag-valley-advantage","16":"tag-valley-advantage-around-town","17":"tag-valley-advantage-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70142","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=70142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}