Christmas Train and Christmas Train Sets

Christmas is approaching at a speed that tells us itthe next few years, I had several Christmas train
is time to get our holiday decorations out and setsets to include one on a ping pong table, and one
up. Of all our Christmas decorations the Christmasgoing around the base of the Christmas tree. But
Train is the one Christmas decoration that I haveas the size of the family grew, I had to
the fondest memories...the train going around theconsolidate the train sets into one large Christmas
tree every year is the one memory that bothmodel railroad set that would run on its train
my kids and I most cherish.tracks on the Ping Pong table until after the
My first memory of a train at Christmas was atholidays. The last year we had both Christmas
my grandparents house in Cleveland, Ohio. MyTrains running, was when my son was just a
brother and both looked forward to playing withtoddler, and the presents did not crowd the tree.
the train and often had contests to see whoNow my kids are teenagers, and they still look
could run it the longest. After my grandparentsforward to setting up the holiday train on
moved into a retirement community, the train setChristmas Eve. My family has many fond
was just a memory that I would one day havememories of that train set, and to be sure, we
to make a reality again.will continue to delight in having our train track up
The first year I got married, I bought a small trainand running before Santa comes down the
set and set it up around the Christmas tree. Thenchimney.