{"id":82439,"date":"2025-12-10T00:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/82439\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T00:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:15:21","slug":"plano-rockin-christmas-embodies-the-seasons-spirit-of-giving-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/82439\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano Rockin\u2019 Christmas embodies the season\u2019s spirit of giving \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faces and vehicles were lit up for the 2025 Plano<\/a> Rockin\u2019 Christmas on Dec. 5.<\/p>\n

Community members were serenaded by students performing in the Plano Middle School Jazz Band and the Emily G Johns Band.<\/p>\n

Decorated and festive vehicles streamed through the downtown during the lighted vehicle parade. Outside the downtown\u2019s Plano Depot, there were sightings of Santa and the Grinch. Even school mascots joined the festivities.<\/p>\n

\"Pictured<\/p>\n

Pictured Steve DeBolt, Al Gruidl, Plano Mayor Mike Rennels and Joy Gruidl. During the 2025 Plano Rockin\u2019 Christmas, Al Gruidl was presented the \u201cRoss Greiter Spirit Award\u201d on Dec. 5, 2025. (Photo Provided By The City of Plano)<\/p>\n

All at once the downtown become illuminated with the ceremonial lighting of Main Street.<\/p>\n

The festival is organized each year by a nonprofit called Plano Rockin\u2019 Christmas.<\/p>\n

Members of the Plano Police Department<\/a> and the Little Rock-Fox Fire Protection District went around with giant holiday stockings, collecting donations to support neighbors in need. Donations from community members included gift cards for a holiday dinner.<\/p>\n

The big event of the night was the presenting of the \u201cRoss Greiter Spirit Award\u201d to the person best embodying the spirit of generosity throughout the year.<\/p>\n

The 2025 award was presented to Al Gruidl, who accepted the ceremonial rock trophy.<\/p>\n

Mayor Mike Rennels previously said \u201cthe spirit of giving that Rockin\u2019 Christmas represents is inherent to the community of Plano. The people that live here are always willing to volunteer, to reach out to one another, to donate when in need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rennels said the event continuously brings the community together and reminds them all of the true spirit of the season.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the event and the story of Ross Greiter by visiting, Shaw Local News, \u201cthe heart of Plano.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Faces and vehicles were lit up for the 2025 Plano Rockin\u2019 Christmas on Dec. 5. Community members were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[7748,1443,1440,39861,251,841,160,18650,162,161,1934],"class_list":["post-82439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-christmas","tag-food-pantry","tag-kendall-county","tag-little-rock-township","tag-local-news","tag-nonprofits","tag-plano","tag-plano-city-council","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-plano-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}