Upon arrival in Hood River, we went to find out seats and someone was already sitting in them, so they told us to go upstairs and grab some tables. As you can imagine, there was a bit of a problem as we were then sitting in someone else's seats. After getting it all worked out, we stayed in the upgraded seats and the other family got seats a bit farther down in the rail car. The rail car was decorated with lights and some ornaments and the servers were dressed in the same chef outfits as from the book. The conductor came aboard the rail car and frantically punched the tickets, the bum that sits atop the rail car came walking through babbling, we went to the North Pole to see where Santa lives and his workshop. While we sat and ate our cookies and drank our hot chocolate, Santa then boarded the train with one of his elfs and talked to each of the kids and gave them a bell.
The girls has such a fun time riding the train in their new fleece footie pjs! Addison was thrilled that she got a bell and she keeps ringing it and saying "I believe!", it is so cute! Kennedy had lost her bell, but luckily it ended up in Alice's purse (Jenapher's mom) so she will get it back soon and Addison won't have to share hers (which I might add she has been very good about). We got to take home some nice mugs that were tailored just to this particular event as well. We were a little disappointed that we didn't get to get off the train at the North Pole as we were led to believe, but all in all it is a good experience had by all!
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