Christmas Past: 2005 - Polar Express

I was just looking for some other pictures when I came across these and thought it would be fun to post, in the spirit of "Things that would have made it to the blog had there been a blog when the event occurred. " These type of posts may randomly pop up from time to time.
For our Christmas Gift in 2005, my dad took all three families to the Polar Express in Williams AZ and we stayed overnight in the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel. It was so much fun! The kids all got their Christmas Jammies early and got to get all bundled up for the cold. (Always a fun novelty for us.) Though we did not have snow (just missed it) it was still a fun adventure to ride to the "North Pole" with all the Polar Express trimmings - hot cocoa, cookies, finely appointed servers in the train cars, and Santa handing out a jingle bell to every child. One of the highlights was on the way back to the train depot, the servers led the train car in "The 12 Days of Christmas". My dad, the dramatic tenor that he is, was chosen at random to have the "5 Golden Rings" as a solo. He did a fantastic job and the whole train really got in on it. The servers said he was the best "5 Golden Rings" they had ever heard.