Polar Express

One of our favorite Christmas movies in our house is The Polar Express.  Mike listened to the story as a kid and has passed on that great tradition to our kids.  Our kids love listening to it but also love the movie.  Here in Arizona they have a Polar Express train.  We took our kids up there to ride it.  You wear your pajamas and board the train with your golden ticket.  The conductor comes around and punches your ticket.  They serve you hot chocolate and a cookie and you sing Christmas carols.  You take a ride to the North Pole where you see Santa outside the train.  On our way back to the station Santa appears on the train.  He goes around and gives each kid a Polar Express Bell.  It was super fun.  My kids absolutely loved it and so did I.  It was such an awesome experience and I'm so glad we did it.