{"id":32630,"date":"2023-12-15T05:55:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=32630"},"modified":"2023-12-15T05:41:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T10:41:05","slug":"december-15-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2023\/12\/december-15-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"December 15, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 15th is the 349th day of the year. There are 16 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"One last Santa Claus Parade in Chatham-Kent and it’s tonight in Thamesville.<\/p>\n

Parade begins at 7, watch for road closures around Thamesville late this afternoon.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The Coca-Cola Santa Truck is coming to town<\/p>\n

Tomorrow the iconic Coca-Cola Santa Truck will be spreading holiday cheer throughout Chatham-Kent. The festive, interactive experience includes a meet and greet and free holiday photo with Santa Claus, a free Coca-Cola beverage or hot chocolate or latte. The caravan is a huge, Christmas-themed Coca-Cola semi-truck that is lit with thousands of holiday lights along with a Santa throne and tree display where families can take pictures.<\/p>\n

Check below for times and locations.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Grab some skates and get the family out for some FREE Public Skating this weekend.<\/p>\n

Friday, December 15th<\/b>
\nChatham Erickson Arena – 4:00 – 5:30pm \u2013 Sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living<\/p>\n

Saturday, December 16th<\/b>
\nBothwell Arena – 12:00 – 1:30pm \u2013 Sponsored by Royal Canadian Legion Br 252 Bothwell
\nTilbury Arena, 7:00 -8:30pm \u2013 Sponsored by Tilbury Rotary Club
\nBlenheim Arena – 7:30 – 9:00pm \u2013 Sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living<\/p>\n

Sunday, December 17th<\/b>
\nMemorial Arena, 10:00 \u2013 11:30am \u2013 Sponsored by Professional Engineer Ontario (Chatham-Kent Chapter)
\nThames Campus Arena, 1:00 \u2013 2:30pm \u2013 Sponsored by St. Clair College Alumni
\nDresden Arena, 1:00 \u2013 2:30pm \u2013 Sponsored by TD Canada Trust Dresden Branch
\nTilbury Arena, 1:00 \u2013 2:30pm \u2013 Sponsored by Tilbury BIA
\nWallaceburg Arena, 2:00 \u2013 3:30pm \u2013 Sponsored by Anonymous Donor in Support ofChildren\u2019s Activities
\nWheatley Arena, 2:00 \u2013 3:30pm \u2013 Sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living
\nRidgetown Arena, 2:30 \u2013 4:00pm \u2013 Sponsored by CK Promoting Healthy Living<\/p>\n

Click here for more information on the ice skating programs.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"\"\"The Chatham Goodfellows<\/a> annual Street Sales are this weekend.<\/p>\n

Volunteers are selling Goodfellow papers outside of local businesses today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n

For more information or to volunteer go to ChathamGoodfellows.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"\"\"The Blenheim Blades<\/a> are hosting the Lakeshore Canadiens on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Children under 12 get in free, thanks to Councillor Anthony Ceccacci.<\/p>\n

Canned goods are also being collected to support the Word of Life Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 15th is the 349th day of the year. There are 16 days remaining until the end of the year. One last Santa Claus Parade in Chatham-Kent and it’s tonight in Thamesville. Parade begins at 7, watch for road closures around Thamesville late this afternoon. The Coca-Cola Santa Truck is coming to town Tomorrow the","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[30,1066,679,302,26,4447,4005,333,495],"class_list":["post-32630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things-you-need-to-know","tag-5thingsyouneedtoknow","tag-anthony-ceccacci","tag-blenheim-blades","tag-chatham-goodfellows","tag-ckmornings","tag-coca-cola-santa-truck","tag-free-public-skating","tag-santa-claus-parade","tag-thamesville"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 19:51:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/943cksy.com\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2023\/12\/december-15-2023\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32638,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32630\/revisions\/32638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}