{"id":8016,"date":"2010-11-18T18:42:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T22:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=8016"},"modified":"2010-11-18T18:46:21","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T22:46:21","slug":"it%e2%80%99s-official-the-holidays-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/11\/exhibit-news\/hts\/it%e2%80%99s-official-the-holidays-are-here\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Official: The Holidays Are Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, we know it&#8217;s not even Thanksgiving yet (somebody better tell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5187620299\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ms. Turkey<\/a> here to go into hiding for the next few days), but that doesn&#8217;t mean we can&#8217;t start getting festive here at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\" target=\"_self\">The New York Botanical Garden<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0018.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"8044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/11\/exhibit-news\/hts\/it%e2%80%99s-official-the-holidays-are-here\/attachment\/_ivo0018\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1021,680\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1289909928&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;145&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Setting-Up at The Holiday Train Show\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0018-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0018.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8044\" title=\"Setting-Up at The Holiday Train Show\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0018.jpg\" alt=\"Setting-Up at The Holiday Train Show\" width=\"515\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0018.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0018-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/a>Friday marks the unofficial start of the season here at the Botanical Gardens when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/hts\/#members\" target=\"_self\">members<\/a> are invited to take a sneak peek at the amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/hts\" target=\"_self\"><em>Holiday Train Show<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more We've got so many great things planned for Saturday, the first public day of the Train Show. Get the full details below! --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0062.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"8045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/11\/exhibit-news\/hts\/it%e2%80%99s-official-the-holidays-are-here\/attachment\/_ivo0062\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0062.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1021,680\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1289910559&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paul Bussey of Applied Imagination\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0062-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0062.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8045\" title=\"Paul Bussey of Applied Imagination\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0062.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0062.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO0062-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plan_your_visit\/planyourvisit_results.php?curr=20101120&amp;y=2010&amp;m=11&amp;date_from=11\/20\/2010&amp;date_to=11\/20\/2010\" target=\"_self\">Saturday<\/a> marks the first public day of the <a href=\"..\/..\/hts\" target=\"_self\"><em>Train Show<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martine266\/5188218064\/lightbox\/\"><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"The Conifer Display in the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4148\/5188218064_5399f8a172_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Conifer Display in the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center\" width=\"432\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<p>In addition, on Saturday, baseball great Dwight Gooden will be on hand to officially welcome the season as he lights the gorgeous conifer display in the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center.\u00a0 But that&#8217;s not all!\u00a0 Everyone at the Reflecting Pool is welcome to join the Westchester Chordsman in an old-fashioned sing-along of holiday carols from various traditions and at 3 p.m. enjoy A Season in Poetry, a celebration of the season with renowned poets Gregory Parido and Spencer Reece reading classic favorites as well as their own work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO9598.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"8051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2010\/11\/exhibit-news\/hts\/it%e2%80%99s-official-the-holidays-are-here\/attachment\/_ivo9598\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO9598.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1021,680\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1289838238&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;112&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New This Year! The TWA Terminal at JFK Airport\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO9598-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO9598.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8051\" title=\"New This Year! The TWA Terminal at JFK Airport\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO9598.jpg\" alt=\"New This Year! The TWA Terminal at JFK Airport\" width=\"515\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO9598.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IVO9598-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/a>So, get set to let the joy of the season lift your spirits! And please let us know if you have any questions. To buy tickets ahead of the time for the <em>Holiday Train Show<\/em> (we highly recommend this), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/visit\/tickets.php\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>. To learn more about the <em>Train Show<\/em> and all the other train-themed fun we&#8217;ve got planned around it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/hts\/\" target=\"_self\">click here<\/a>. To learn about membership to the Garden and its many benefits, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/support_the_garden\/membership\/\" target=\"_self\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And may we here at Plant Talk be the first to with you the happiest and healthiest of holidays!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, we know it&#8217;s not even Thanksgiving yet, but that doesn&#8217;t mean we can&#8217;t start getting festive here at The New York Botanical Garden!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[51],"tags":[1010,519,1008,1006,1011,38,1009,1007,893,1004,4648,1005],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-25i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8016"}],"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\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8016"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8061,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8016\/revisions\/8061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}