Canadian Pacific Holiday Train

Holiday Train

The artist side of me loves the color and design of the light show posted on the side of the train.  The Canadian Pacific railroad in coordination with communities along the path of the tracks, planned cities where the train made "whistle stops".  There is a music program and a fundraiser for the local food shelf.  They blocked a major highway and detoured traffic for about 45 minutes for the outside festivities with the temperature about 1 degree and a light fluffy snow flittering down.



 (Those are not stars in the pictures.  They are snowflakes. Pretty aren't they?)



Holiday Train 

Making a difference, one stop at a time The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train hits the rails again on November 25 and will be visiting over 150 communities across our network.  Each event features a boxcar stage, a lineup of great musical talent and a contribution to the local food bank.  Everyone who attends is encouraged to donate food and money which stays in their community. Since its inception in 1999, we've raised more than $7.4 million and over 3 million pounds of food in the U.S. and Canada. http://www.cpr.ca/en/in-your-community/holiday-train/Pages/default.aspx https://www.facebook.com/HolidayTrain



Heading West from Kimball towards Watkins

With all that being said, I am going to stand on a small soap box.  The other side of the life is the BIG -ism. Commercialism.  It is no longer "Merry Christmas" but now the politically correct "Happy Holidays".  I understand to a degree that companies must be politically correct to keep the majority of their customers happy.  But is that what Jesus came to do?  To be politically correct?  Canadian Pacific has a wonderful cause by providing food for those in need and for that I applaud them!  MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL! (Can you believe that it is a week away?)