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Uploaded: Friday, November 30, 2012, 1:41 PM
Holiday train comes to town
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by Ashley Finden
Mountain View Voice Staff
The Caltrain "Show Train" will be returning to Bay Area stops on Dec. 1 and 2 to collect toys for underprivileged children.
The special train will be covered with over 60,000 lights and decorations and will depart at 4 p.m. from the San Francisco Caltrain Station.
It is scheduled to stop in Mountain View on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 6:55 p.m.
At each stop there will be free entertainment prior to the train's arrival. The full schedule can be found at www.caltrain.com.
The "Show Train" will make four stops each day.
During each stop, holiday music will be performed by the Salvation Army brass band and on-board carolers.
Santa, Mrs. Claus and other winter characters will walk around greeting children and posing for pictures with them. Members of the United States Marine Corps Reserve and representatives will collect new, unwrapped toys to be distributed to local children. Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Tom Purcell, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Dec 3, 2012 at 9:43 am What a great night. My 3-year-old was thrilled by the train and the serious rain held off until we reached our car at the California/Bryant parking garage.
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Posted by AC, a resident of another community, on Dec 3, 2012 at 2:19 pm
AC is a member (registered user) of Mountain View Online What a shame. I get this in my Monday digest for an event on Saturday that I would certainly have gone to.
Glad it was a good time!
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Posted by Andrea Gemmet, Mountain View Voice Editor, on Dec 3, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Andrea Gemmet is a member (registered user) of Mountain View Online @AC: Sorry your digest didn't get you notified in time! You might want consider signing up for our Express email -- this event information went out to our Express subscribers on Friday. Just click the red text saying "Sign up for Express" at the very top of our homepage.
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Posted by Nancy, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood, on Dec 4, 2012 at 8:12 pm Oh wow, so 24 hours notice is the next best thing to 48 hours later?!?
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Posted by Whine and Jeeze, a resident of the Jackson Park neighborhood, on Dec 5, 2012 at 8:58 am Try not to let it get you so riled up Nancy...try real hard.
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Posted by steve, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Dec 5, 2012 at 3:29 pm There was absolutely no mention of Kwanzaa or the winter solstice on the holiday train. Talk about being racist, bigoted, and not inclusive. Clearly this is a hateful right wing 1%er conspiracy. They should be taxed more. I shall circulate a petition for an appropriate proposition on the next ballot.
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