The Generation Gap: 20 Days of the Holiday Train Show
Posted in Holiday Train Show on December 9 2011, by Matt Newman
“Well, needless to say, my kids were mortified as my husband and I got into the act, interacting with the show whenever the audience was prompted.”
From now until December 17, our visitors will be sharing their fondest memories from 20 years of the Holiday Train Show–some of them touching, some comical, and every one of them cherished. Come back to Plant Talk each day for a new story, which you can see after the jump along with a feature on one of the many replica New York City landmarks on display in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory–the Guggenheim Museum, Yankee Stadium, the Empire State Building and more.
As a bonus, read on to find out how you can win a Family Four-Pack of Holiday Train Show tickets for yourself!
It was very cold the day we took our family to the Holiday Train Show last year. My kids were 17 and 12 at the time. We had a few minutes to spend before we could get in to see the Conservatory, so my husband and I decided that we should go in to see the “Tootle” show (we didn’t even know what it was at the time).
Well, needless to say, my kids were mortified as my husband and I got into the act, interacting with the show whenever the audience was prompted. The two of them were begging us to leave, and the more they begged, the more we interacted and the more our kids sank into their seats with embarrassment. It was so much fun that I am still trying to find the Little Golden Book printing of “Tootle the Train” to give them as a gift this year.
We have so much fun laughing about that experience. It’s just one of those silly moments in life that one of us will bring up now and again, and it will always be “some sort of special.”
–Linda H.
Radio City Music Hall
When Radio City opened in 1932, it was the nation’s largest theater. An important example of Art Deco architecture, it was designed by Edward Durrell Stone who later created the original Museum of Modern Art. Every winter, Radio City hosts its yearly Christmas Spectacular featuring the world famous Rockettes.
Known fondly as “The Showplace of the Nation,” Radio City was declared a national landmark in 1978.
Enter to win 2011 Holiday Train Show Tickets
Click here for your chance to win a Four-Pack of tickets to this year’s Holiday Train Show! We’ll pick one lucky winner each day through December 17. Tickets valid for visits on select dates; read official rules by clicking here.
