Christmas Town

I don't know if I mentioned in the blog about how I spent an entire day back in October trying to get tickets to Christmas town at Mountsberg Conservation area? Well, I did. I didn't get tickets, but was called from the waiting list at the beginning of December! Woohoo! We went on the 23rd for the 1:00 horse-drawn wagon ride into Christmas Town. Christmas town contains Santa's cabin that he stays in for a month before Christmas, as well as elf academy, flight school, parcel pickup, and Mrs. Claus' kitchen. We listened to Christmas music in our wagon as it carried us and a few other families across the snow for a 10 minute or so journey into Christmas town.

Before the wagon ride we wrote a letter to Santa which we got to hand-deliver to him at his cabin.


The letter. I think someone she knows has a pretend toothbrush and toothpaste for a doll...I wasn't sure what else that could mean. And she saw the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer stuffy guy on every page of the toys r us catalogue earlier, and added that at the last second:

As we were approching Christmas Town, the temporary North Pole informed us that we had arrived at our destination:

Parcel pickup where presents were being wrapped:

Time Zones, and Reindeer tracker:

In Mrs. Claus' kitchen:

Candies decorating the ceiling:

The kids were called individually to meet with Santa one-on-one. While waiting we got to decorate and eat cookies, and make a Christmas ornament.

Rose was very well-behaved and seemed to enjoy the sights:

The biggest horses I have ever seen in my life. Percheron horses.

The cabin:

Paige didn't say a single word, only nodded. Good thing we brought the list! Luckily, Santa chose to talk about the hobby horse, since some of the other things she asked for on the list were not in her stocking and were last minute add-ons.

The cabin was warm and cozy with a blazing fire. Paige was in shock when we walked in and it was just her and no other kids. A bit intimidating, but she was definitely in awe.

Even though Rose didn't have a ticket, in the true Christmas spirit, Santa asked if she would like to sit on his knee. Didn't go over so well again.

Santa asked Paige if she could do something for him on Christmas Eve. She nodded. "Can you please leave out some carrots for the Reindeer?", he asked. "They get very hungry flying all over the world". More nodding.

After the visit was over, back at the elf academy:

The fresh air did us all good. Paige fell asleep in the car and continued to sleep at home until I decided to wake her up after a good long nap.