{"id":2185,"date":"2012-12-24T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2015-01-08T17:27:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T22:27:51","slug":"christmas-parades-in-mt-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/12\/24\/christmas-parades-in-mt-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas parades in Mt. Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/24\\\/christmas-parades-in-mt-lebanon\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 661px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"661\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 661px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"661\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/12\/24\/christmas-parades-in-mt-lebanon\/attachment\/2186\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"657\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2186\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tumblr_mf6t2a0Tq91rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1056\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Tumblr_HTY_12041948_Christmas_Parade\\nMt Lebanon greeted Santa with Fanfare\\nyesterday as Washington Rd. was officially turned into \\u0022Santa Claus Lane.\\u0022 Crowds lined the route of march as Santa appeared, following a blaring band. \\nHis vehicle, drawn by 6 white horses was followed by clowns, holiday floats, fire engines and an amphiobious duck. Another band brought up the rear of the parade.\\nThe Pittsburgh Press photo&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tumblr_HTY_12041948_Christmas_Parade&lt;br \/&gt; Mt Lebanon greeted Santa with Fanfare&lt;br \/&gt; yesterday as Washington Rd. was officially turned into &#8220;Santa Claus Lane.&#8221; Crowds lined the route of march as Santa appeared, following a blaring band.&lt;br \/&gt; His vehicle, drawn by 6 white horses was followed by clowns, holiday floats, fire engines and an amphiobious duck. Another band brought up the rear of the parade.&lt;br \/&gt; The Pittsburgh Press photo&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tumblr_mf6t2a0Tq91rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C247&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tumblr_mf6t2a0Tq91rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C659&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tumblr_mf6t2a0Tq91rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=657&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"657\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"657\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 657px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Dec. 4, 1948:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Back in 1948, Mt. Lebanon residents greeted Santa Claus with fanfare as the Washington Road business district officially became \u201cSanta Claus Lane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This Pittsburgh Press photo shows crowds lining the sidewalks as Santa appeared, behind a blaring band.\u00a0Santa\u2019s vehicle, drawn by six white horses, was followed by clowns, holiday floats, fire engines and an amphibious duck.\u00a0Another band brought up the rear of the parade.<\/p>\n<p>A banner strung across Washington Road urged people to \u201cShop in Mt. Lebanon,\u201d proof that the idea of supporting local businesses instead of large chain stores is not a new consumer philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>By the 1950s, Mt. Lebanon, one of the region\u2019s oldest streetcar suburbs, had widened Washington Road and paved over the bricked street. The marquee for Stevenson Realtors is still there. Today, the business is called Stevenson Williams Management Co.<\/p>\n<p>On this occasion, we at The Digs would like to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this occasion, we at The Digs would like to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/12\/24\/christmas-parades-in-mt-lebanon\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Christmas parades in Mt. 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