Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Choo-Chooooo!


Today Jason had the day off (he's off until January 5th!) and so we picked the kids up from school and took the subway up to 53rd and Lexington to the Citigroup Building, where for the past 21 years they've had a miniature Holiday Train display. This is the last year, Citi will stop funding it as of January 2009. (Sign of the times).
But we had a blast. It was the most intricate train display we'd ever seen. About 8 lines of different trains, going through 4 'Seasons' and eras of Upstate New York (1940s and 50s). The pictures don't do it justice. The kids were amazed by the trains going in and out of tunnels, passenger trains with their lights on and off according to the lighting of 'Day' or 'Night' (It changed every 3 minutes, at 'Night' the neon signs would light up, the skyline would light up, then at 'Day' the drive in movie theatre would stop playing its movie (Gary Cooper's 'High Noon'). The miniature kids were swinging in swings, the detail was so much fun. We looked at it for an hour (+ a potty break). 
We are happy to be here during this magical time.



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