polar express

Back in December I took a ride on the Polar Express! It's a tradition around here in Burlington to set up the Champlain Flyer train service to look like the Polar Express from the famous Christmas book. Hundreds of volunteers dress as elves and await the arrival of the train from the North Pole. When the children and their families arrive at the station they're greeted with cheers and hugs and are shuttled inside for hot cocoa and a fireside storytelling of the book. When the story wraps up Santa arrives and of course all of the children run screaming to hug him. It was quite a scene and very, very cute. I am really behind in my blog posts as the holidays seemed to consume every free moment and quite honestly, I didn't feel like sitting on the computer after logging long hours of photo editing and multimedia production at work. Hope your holidays were great and you managed a few hours of relaxation. Onto the next post!