{"id":3031,"date":"2014-12-24T18:30:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T00:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2017-09-10T14:26:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T19:26:44","slug":"the-christmas-train-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/the-christmas-train-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas Train Is On the Move!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3032\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3032\" data-attachment-id=\"3032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/the-christmas-train-2014\/14dec24b-train-057\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-057.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1419437710&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Village of Spring Meadows\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The train moving through the  Village of Spring Meadows&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The train moving through the  Village of Spring Meadows&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-057-800x533.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3032\" src=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-057-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The train moving through the Village of Spring Meadows\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-057.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-057-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The train moving through the Village of Spring Meadows<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Christmas Village is all in lights and the train is moving through the sleepy town of Spring Meadows! It is definitely a feeling in the air that Santa will soon be here!<\/p>\n<p>New additions and displays will be added this year,\u00a0 more\u00a0tunnels to travel through, exciting places to see as the train goes from town to town. Be sure to visit this page for updates!<\/p>\n<p>After the holidays, the train table will be moved to another location to be enjoyed throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>What is it about a train that you can watch it go round and round without losing interest? Is it the child in all of us?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t ever want to grow up!<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_gallery_post_type\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-091.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-102.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-090.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-082.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-081.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-078.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-061.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/14dec24b-train-057.jpg);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christmas Village is all in lights and the train is moving through the sleepy town of Spring Meadows! 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