Beginning in the fifties, department stores around the Commonwealth teamed up with rail lines to create a magical Christmas adventure: the Santa Train. Delight-filled children from Richmond and Alexandria to Roanoke flocked to see and ride the trains sponsored by Miller & Rhoads, Cox’s Department Store, J.C. Penney, and many others.
These majestic trains rode the rails across Virginia with old Saint Nick himself. Join railroad author Doug Riddell and former Miller & Rhoads Snow Queen Donna Strother Deekens as they recount heartwarming memories of Christmases past and chronicle the history of Virginia’s Kris Kringle trains.
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Hickory Creek Antiques, November 2, 4 p.m. –6 p.m. (Ashland)
Old Chickahominy House, November 3, 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (Williamsburg)
Book People, November 16, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. (Richmond)
Westminter-Canterbury, December 3, 2 p.m. (Richmond)
Fountain Bookstore, December 6, 12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. (Richmond)
Henrico Concert Band Christmas Concert, December 9, 7:30 p.m. (Highland Springs)
Santa Show, December 14, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. (Midlothian)
Barnes & Noble, December 14, 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (Richmond)
