{"id":70685,"date":"2025-12-26T01:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/70685\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T01:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:16:08","slug":"christmas-on-the-slopes-a-beloved-tradition-for-many-skiers-and-snowboarders-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/70685\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas on the slopes: A beloved tradition for many skiers and snowboarders | Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONGSWAMP TWP., Pa. \u2014 Christmas is a popular day to hit the slopes, with local resorts expecting thousands of visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Some skiers and snowboarders at Bear Creek Mountain Resort told 69 News they opened presents before heading out, while others hit the mountain first and celebrated later.<\/p>\n<p>Even for those who don&#8217;t celebrate &#8212; the holiday offers a chance to enjoy some extra time off.<\/p>\n<p>And for many &#8212; experienced or not &#8212; Christmas on the slopes has become a beloved tradition they return to year after year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONGSWAMP TWP., Pa. \u2014 Christmas is a popular day to hit the slopes, with local resorts expecting thousands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,279,433,213,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-70685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-_homepage_top_stories","9":"tag-allentown","10":"tag-allentown-headlines","11":"tag-allentown-news","12":"tag-berks","13":"tag-lehigh-county","14":"tag-reading-area","15":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70685","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=70685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}