{"id":25483,"date":"2012-11-26T13:59:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T21:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=25483"},"modified":"2012-11-29T08:34:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T16:34:25","slug":"holiday-toy-express-train-rolls-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/11\/26\/holiday-toy-express-train-rolls-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Toy Express Train rolls through!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo by James Stamsek Photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Holiday Toy Express Train rolled through around 5 p.m. (Photo by James Stamsek.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 Hundreds crammed the Palmdale Transportation Center Sunday to witness the Holiday Toy Express Train rolling into town from the \u201cNorth Pole\u201d.<\/p>\n

Right around 5 p.m., thousands of twinkling lights illuminated the track and screams filled the air as the festive train pulled into the station.<\/p>\n

There was a hush over the crowd, as Santa\u2019s little elves explained the dilemma facing the Holiday Toy Express Train this year.<\/p>\n

There are not enough toys for the children on a new list that was just found, exclaimed one of the elves.<\/p>\n

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This list of kids were from the Sparkle of Love Toy Drive, Santa explained. (Photo by James Stamsek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And there is certainly not enough time to make all the toys before Christmas, exclaimed another elf.<\/p>\n

Santa swooped in and quickly saved the day.<\/p>\n

The new list of kids was actually from the Sparkle of Love Toy Drive, and the toys would not have to be made at the North Pole, Santa explained.<\/p>\n

Instead, toys for these special kids were being donated by generous, kind-hearted people like you, Santa told the crowd.<\/p>\n

All was well again, and Santa and his helpers broke into a live musical performance to a Hip Hop remix of old Holiday Classics.<\/p>\n

The show was a hit with young residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so colorful and it was all so happy!\u201d gushed 13-year-old Melissa Hinojosa of Palmdale. \u201cI just love Christmas because everyone is jolly and sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI really like the way they cared about everyone getting presents from charity,\u201d said 13-year-old Gabby Orellana of Palmale.<\/p>\n

View more sights from the event below.<\/p>\n

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(L to R) Melissa Hinojosa and Gabby Orellana, both 13-year-olds from Palmdale, said they enjoyed how colorful the performance was.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford and Councilmember Steve Hofbauer greeted the crowd before the show began.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Many little ones were the shoulders of Moms and Dads for a better view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Frosty the Snowman joined the performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Palmdale’s Royal Court was on hand to view the performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Once Santa solved the dilemma, the elves and helpers broke into song and dance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Santa and Mrs. Claus received a rousing reception from the crowd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In addition to the show, local firefighters were at the station collecting toys for the Spark of Love Toy Drive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For many more pictures of this event, visit James Stamsek Photography’s facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 Hundreds crammed the Palmdale Transportation Center Sunday to witness the Holiday Toy Express Train rolling into town from the \u201cNorth Pole\u201d. Right around 5 p.m., thousands of twinkling lights illuminated the track and screams filled the air as the festive train pulled into the station. There was a hush over the crowd, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":25484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}