{"id":10371,"date":"2015-11-20T10:29:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T09:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=10371"},"modified":"2015-11-20T10:29:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T09:29:59","slug":"willy-wonka-promises-a-chocolatey-christmas-in-ballyclare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/11\/willy-wonka-promises-a-chocolatey-christmas-in-ballyclare\/","title":{"rendered":"Willy Wonka Promises a Chocolatey Christmas in Ballyclare!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ballyclare will light up for Christmas on Saturday 28 November with an array of family fun activities and the annual Christmas tree switch on.<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10372\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/press14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10372\" title=\"press\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/press14-1024x471.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eoin Keenan as Willy Wonka launches the Ballyclare Christmas Switch on event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Come and see Willy Wonka and the Oompa-Loompas in their Chocolate Factory from 1.30pm in Ballyclare Town Hall with plenty of chocolate themed activities for the whole family.\u00a0 Tickets are required for the chocolate factory, which also includes a visit to Santa\u2019s Grotto.\u00a0 Tickets are available from Sixmile Leisure Centre and cost \u00a34 per child with one parent being admitted free with every child.\u00a0 Children can also visit Santa\u2019s Grotto only at a cost of \u00a32.50 per child which includes a gift from Santa. \u00a0Proceeds from the grotto will go to work supported by the Mayor\u2019s Charities.<\/p>\n<p>At 2.30pm the free family fun entertainment will kick off with local radio presenters ensuring the crowd get into the festive spirit. \u00a0At 5pm there will be Christmas readings, Carols and music before the much- awaited arrival of the Mayor along with his special guests Willy Wonka and Santa.\u00a0 Together they will switch on the Christmas tree lights to light up Ballyclare for a magical Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>Further details of the full Christmas programme can be found on our website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk\/christmas\">www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk\/christmas<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballyclare will light up for Christmas on Saturday 28 November with an array of family fun activities and the annual Christmas tree switch on. Come and see Willy Wonka and the Oompa-Loompas in their Chocolate Factory from 1.30pm in Ballyclare Town Hall with plenty of chocolate themed activities for the whole family.\u00a0 Tickets are required &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/11\/willy-wonka-promises-a-chocolatey-christmas-in-ballyclare\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10371"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10374,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10371\/revisions\/10374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}