{"id":239851,"date":"2016-11-07T06:06:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T20:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=239851"},"modified":"2016-11-07T06:06:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T20:06:35","slug":"mva-brings-back-xmas-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-brings-back-xmas-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"MVA brings back X\u2019mas lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-239851 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-brings-back-xmas-lights\/mva-pix1-5\/'>mva-pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-239853'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Marianas Visitors Authority is inviting businesses and individuals to sponsor illuminated latte stone during this holiday season. (MVA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-brings-back-xmas-lights\/mva-pix2-3\/'>mva-pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Marianas Visitors Authority (MVA) is bringing back roadside Christmas lights to boost holiday cheer and is inviting businesses and individuals to join the effort.<\/p>\n<p>Illuminated outlines of latte stones and \u201cmwar\u201d (flower head leis) will dot Beach Road beginning in December through Lunar New Year.  The MVA is undertaking the project due to the higher number of visitors traveling to the Northern Mariana Islands during the period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo add value to our destination during the holiday season, we\u2019re looking forward to stirring up more holiday spirit with new roadside sculptures this year, and we invite interested sponsors to join us,\u201d said MVA managing director Christopher A. Concepcion. \u201cUnfortunately, the sculptures from prior years are badly damaged due to wear and tear, so we are creating new images of this year, and they will remain on display through Christmas, New Year\u2019s, Russian Christmas, and Lunar New Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For $550, sponsors\u2019 names will be placed at the bottom of each sculpture on a banner.  Interested sponsors may contact MVA Product Development manager Tatiana Babauta at tbabauta@mymarianas.com or (670) 664-3218. <em>(MVA)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marianas Visitors Authority (MVA) is bringing back roadside Christmas lights to boost holiday cheer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":239852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[160,2164,14131,3425],"class_list":["post-239851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biba-marianas","tag-beach-road","tag-lunar-new-year","tag-russian-christmas","tag-tatiana-babauta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}