Last year, Curly was obsessed with The Polar Express. She wanted to watch it continuously. She loved the music mostly. It has beautiful music. She sang the song "When Christmas comes to town" just about every day since last Christmas. So this year I was determined that we were going to track down a real Polar Express to ride. There were a few to choose from but we decided on the one in Bryson City, NC. It's about a three hour drive from here to the mountains of North Carolina. We surprised the girls Saturday morning. They were excited about visiting the Polar Express but probably more excited about staying at a hotel (or Wootel as they insist on calling it). Those girls love staying in hotels. I don't get it. So we loaded up the van and drove up to the mountains. It was a beautiful drive. The girls were very excited that there was some snow on the ground. Our train ride wasn't until 6:30 Saturday evening. We dressed the girls in their Christmas PJ's just like the movie and headed to The Great Smokey Mountain Railroad to board The Polar Express. The waiters in our car were great. They definitely got into character. They served hot chocolate and a snack. They sang Christmas carols. We got to see the North Pole from the train. We didn't actually get off the train in the North Pole; however, Santa and one of his elves got on the train and visited each car. He gave all the children a jingle bell. Curly and The Bear had a blast.
Curly being a goofball at dinner before we boarded the train
Waiting for The Polar Express
Checking out Santa's Sleigh
IT'S HERE!!!!
All aboard with their tickets.
The Bear and Daddy playing
Bopping balloons around the train. The rule was to keep balloons going during the whole ride. Our girls did their part.
Curly was in Heaven
Hot Chocolate!
Singing Christmas carols while waiting for Santa
SANTA!
The girls LOVE their bells.
The Bear and Daddy playing 
The girls LOVE their bells. 
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