{"id":51940,"date":"2015-12-21T16:09:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T21:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=51940"},"modified":"2015-12-21T16:09:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T21:09:46","slug":"a-very-thomas-time-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2015\/12\/garden-programming\/a-very-thomas-time-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Very Thomas Time of Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Thomas-2015.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"51941\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2015\/12\/garden-programming\/a-very-thomas-time-of-year\/attachment\/thomas-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Thomas-2015.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,837\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1359116255&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"All Aboard with Thomas &#038; Friends\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Thomas-2015-287x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Thomas-2015.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-51941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Thomas-2015-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"All Aboard with Thomas &amp; Friends\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Thomas-2015-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Thomas-2015.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/hts15\">Holiday Train Show<\/a><\/em> in 2015 is the biggest and best its ever been, and because the holiday season doesn&#8217;t end with December, we&#8217;re keeping it going well into January\u2014the 18th, in fact! But that&#8217;s not the only thing going on as the new year breaks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\">NYBG<\/a>. You&#8217;ll want to stick around for the arrival of a familiar tank engine to our Ross Hall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/hts15\/programs_families.html#thomas\">All Aboard with Thomas &amp; Friends<span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2122<\/span><\/a> returns January 2\u201324 for what is easily one of our most beloved annual traditions. Kids and their families are invited to join us in Ross Hall for sing-along mini-performances with Thomas and his friend Driver Sam, helping them decorate the station in time for the big Sodor surprise party before the guest of honor arrives. It&#8217;s a fun and inclusive event that welcomes participation, and it&#8217;s sure to make your little one&#8217;s day. After the show, make sure to have a professional photo taken with Thomas to capture the moment!<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to these special performances are timed, and we recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/visit\/tickets.php\">registering online in advance<\/a> to ensure you get your preferred spot. But there are plenty of opportunities to meet Thomas and celebrate the season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Aboard with Thomas &#038; Friends\u2122 returns January 2\u201324 for what is easily one of our most beloved annual traditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":51941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[4804,3740,2048,4631],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Thomas-2015.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-dvK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51943,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51940\/revisions\/51943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}