{"id":84,"date":"2010-12-18T03:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T03:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2010-12-18T03:54:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T03:54:00","slug":"it-isnt-christmas-until-the-train-comes-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2010\/12\/it-isnt-christmas-until-the-train-comes-to-town\/","title":{"rendered":"It isn&#8217;t Christmas until the train comes to town!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greeting the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train (<a href=\"http:\/\/www8.cpr.ca\/cms\/English\/General+Public\/Holiday+Train\/default.htm\">http:\/\/www8.cpr.ca\/cms\/English\/General+Public\/Holiday+Train\/default.htm<\/a>) has become one of our families&#8217; Christmas Traditions. <\/p>\n<p>The CP Holiday Train travels across Canada stopping at many communities along the way to share a short Christmas program and to collect money and non perishable food items for local food banks.<\/p>\n<p>This year the weather cooperated&#8211;it was a night without wind, rain, and snow. <\/p>\n<p>These are some of the pictures I took of the decorated rail cars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQefWaL_ZI\/AAAAAAAAGVE\/vQFFtAhH_wk\/s1600\/train%2B1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQefWaL_ZI\/AAAAAAAAGVE\/vQFFtAhH_wk\/s400\/train%2B1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQdr_C99HI\/AAAAAAAAGU8\/78zE8071eP8\/s1600\/train%2B2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQdr_C99HI\/AAAAAAAAGU8\/78zE8071eP8\/s400\/train%2B2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQdrsO1FKI\/AAAAAAAAGU0\/xnf8sam9BJY\/s1600\/train%2B3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQdrsO1FKI\/AAAAAAAAGU0\/xnf8sam9BJY\/s400\/train%2B3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQdrU2vOjI\/AAAAAAAAGUs\/YfirDHxXWUU\/s1600\/train%2B4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQdrU2vOjI\/AAAAAAAAGUs\/YfirDHxXWUU\/s400\/train%2B4.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQbr5sDp_I\/AAAAAAAAGUk\/wEKJTTUzwUs\/s1600\/train%2B5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQbr5sDp_I\/AAAAAAAAGUk\/wEKJTTUzwUs\/s400\/train%2B5.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQbrv1vr2I\/AAAAAAAAGUc\/PSH4_cgZAsA\/s1600\/train%2B6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQbrv1vr2I\/AAAAAAAAGUc\/PSH4_cgZAsA\/s400\/train%2B6.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQbrfc7cZI\/AAAAAAAAGUU\/wmZZWGRscuU\/s1600\/train%2B7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQbrfc7cZI\/AAAAAAAAGUU\/wmZZWGRscuU\/s400\/train%2B7.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQa4ksRenI\/AAAAAAAAGUM\/5WYNRqFnvYw\/s1600\/train%2B8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQa4ksRenI\/AAAAAAAAGUM\/5WYNRqFnvYw\/s400\/train%2B8.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQa4Tq4C8I\/AAAAAAAAGUE\/MaQ4ZJct_iA\/s1600\/train%2B9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQa4Tq4C8I\/AAAAAAAAGUE\/MaQ4ZJct_iA\/s400\/train%2B9.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQa4CzhTpI\/AAAAAAAAGT8\/m3x4pEn39m8\/s1600\/train%2B10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQa4CzhTpI\/AAAAAAAAGT8\/m3x4pEn39m8\/s400\/train%2B10.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQaKGdB-dI\/AAAAAAAAGT0\/inUjEd77iGE\/s1600\/train%2B11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQaKGdB-dI\/AAAAAAAAGT0\/inUjEd77iGE\/s400\/train%2B11.jpg\"><\/a>One of the boxcars holds the entertainers.  This year&#8217;s entertainment was provided by, The Odds.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www8.cpr.ca\/cms\/English\/General+Public\/Holiday+Train\/Bios\/default.htm\">http:\/\/www8.cpr.ca\/cms\/English\/General+Public\/Holiday+Train\/Bios\/default.htm<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQaJ_uUkMI\/AAAAAAAAGTs\/w-DkJiyPa8g\/s1600\/DSC_0146.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQaJ_uUkMI\/AAAAAAAAGTs\/w-DkJiyPa8g\/s400\/DSC_0146.JPG\"><\/a> Even  the jolly red guy made an appearance!<\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQaJc5FK9I\/AAAAAAAAGTk\/dVc85bkvNK8\/s1600\/DSC_0154.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_VOQOwkbSspA\/TRQaJc5FK9I\/AAAAAAAAGTk\/dVc85bkvNK8\/s400\/DSC_0154.JPG\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greeting the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train (http:\/\/www8.cpr.ca\/cms\/English\/General+Public\/Holiday+Train\/default.htm) has become one of our families&#8217; Christmas Traditions. The CP Holiday Train travels across Canada stopping at many communities along the way to share a short Christmas program and to collect money and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2010\/12\/it-isnt-christmas-until-the-train-comes-to-town\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}