{"id":55888,"date":"2026-11-12T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=55888"},"modified":"2026-11-12T09:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:08:40","slug":"purple-white-holiday-bazaar-returns-dec-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/purple-white-holiday-bazaar-returns-dec-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple &amp; White Holiday Bazaar Returns Dec. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Students, faculty, staff and community members from across the region are invited to attend Tarleton State University\u2019s Purple &amp; White Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. Over 40 local businesses will gather at the Barry B. Thompson Student Center for the annual holiday market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organized by the Tarleton State Staff Senate, the Purple &amp; White Bazaar brings together a variety of vendors and artisans, celebrating community and holiday spirit with baked goods and handmade crafts. Jewelers, candlemakers and leatherworkers further round out the shopping experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/11\/PW-Shopper-Flyer.jpg\" alt=\"Purple and White Holiday Bazaar is schedule for Friday December 4 from 9 am to 6 pm in the Thompson Student Center Ballrooms.\" class=\"wp-image-55894\" style=\"width:375px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/11\/PW-Shopper-Flyer.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/11\/PW-Shopper-Flyer-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/11\/PW-Shopper-Flyer-464x600.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/11\/PW-Shopper-Flyer-309x400.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I love about the Purple &amp; White Bazaar is that it gives the Tarleton State community and our neighbors a chance to spend time together before the holiday rush,\u201d said Staff Senate President Dr. Melody Smith. \u201cI hope people will bring a friend, visit with our local vendors and enjoy getting to know the people behind the gifts they take home.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is my second year as chair of this event, and I am very excited about this year,\u201d said Staff Senate Bazaar Committee Chair Victoria Yancey. \u201cWe cannot wait to welcome our friends and colleagues to a true community celebration.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Students, faculty, staff and community members from across the region are invited to attend Tarleton State University\u2019s Purple &amp; White Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1084,"featured_media":55890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":382,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"jdouglas","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/jdouglas\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/11\/Holiday-Bazaar-300x200.jpeg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/homepage\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_Homepage<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_Homepage<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 11 hours ago","modified":"Updated 15 hours ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 12, 2026","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 12, 2026 1:00 pm","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2026 9:08 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1084"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55895,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55888\/revisions\/55895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}