We had so much fun on the Polar Express train ride out of Baldwin City a couple weeks ago. Our start of the Christmas season. The train ride itself was so fun plus the characters were directly from the book. One of our favorite stories this time of year!! We were lucky enough to have some of our best friends from Omaha come down to join us for the train ride and spend the weekend with us.
We were scheduled for an evening train ride; which I think made it more magical because it was dark and the Christmas lights were beautiful!! We all wore our Christmas pajamas for the ride. We started in the train depot where the conductor came and gathered us all up for our ride. It had been cold and rainy all day but we were lucky enough for a break in the rain while we boarded the train. We were greeted again by the conductor and our guides for the evening on board. As the train pulled away they punched our golden tickets and then danced as the hot chocolate and cookies were brought around. If you've seen the movie; you can picture how fun this part was! They then read the story of the Polar Express as we got closer to the North Pole and Santa Claus. On the way we sang Christmas Carols and heard stories from the staff.
Then we reached the North Pole!! Where we witnessed a beautiful city lit up in Christmas lights with elves, Mrs. Claus, and Santa dancing to greet us. Santa climbed on board the train and offered each person on board their "first gift of Christmas;" a beautiful sleigh bell with leather ties. We also had Santa autograph our Polar Express book while we had the opportunity.
We then headed back to the train depot to unboard. Singing as we went. The girls all had an awesome time! It was fun to see the magic in their eyes.
We were scheduled for an evening train ride; which I think made it more magical because it was dark and the Christmas lights were beautiful!! We all wore our Christmas pajamas for the ride. We started in the train depot where the conductor came and gathered us all up for our ride. It had been cold and rainy all day but we were lucky enough for a break in the rain while we boarded the train. We were greeted again by the conductor and our guides for the evening on board. As the train pulled away they punched our golden tickets and then danced as the hot chocolate and cookies were brought around. If you've seen the movie; you can picture how fun this part was! They then read the story of the Polar Express as we got closer to the North Pole and Santa Claus. On the way we sang Christmas Carols and heard stories from the staff.
Then we reached the North Pole!! Where we witnessed a beautiful city lit up in Christmas lights with elves, Mrs. Claus, and Santa dancing to greet us. Santa climbed on board the train and offered each person on board their "first gift of Christmas;" a beautiful sleigh bell with leather ties. We also had Santa autograph our Polar Express book while we had the opportunity.
We then headed back to the train depot to unboard. Singing as we went. The girls all had an awesome time! It was fun to see the magic in their eyes.
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