The Perfect Gift: 20 Days of the Holiday Train Show
Posted in Holiday Train Show on December 15 2011, by Matt Newman
“
When we crossed the George Washington Bridge out of New Jersey, I got excited. ‘We’re going to the Train Show,’ I mused to myself.”
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 my 70th birthday and plans were made to surprise me. My daughter Andrea and her husband Scott were on their way to pick me up, and I was flabbergasted when a white stretch limo pulled into the driveway. There they were, along with my grandchildren Brian, Jonny, and Michelle already inside.
“Where are we going?” I asked them, looking to my husband Bill.
“You’ll see,” they replied.
When we crossed the George Washington Bridge out of New Jersey, I got excited. “We’re going to the Train Show,” I mused to myself, hoping I was right. Sure enough, we entered the parking lot and I was greeted by my son Bill, his wife Eileen, and their daughters, Mary and Emily. And if that wasn’t enough, their son Mark was there with a huge cake box that he’d carried on the Metro North train from Grand Central. Since Mark had purchased a membership for me, we were immediately ushered past the queue to my very first Train Show–what a delight! We had lunch in the Café, followed by the delicious carrot cake that the staff refrigerated for us as we enjoyed the show.
I’ve continued my membership ever since then, and I haven’t missed a single Holiday Train Show, though I confess I like the incredibly fashionable places of interest more than the trains. I only regret that no one had a camera that day.
— Roberta T.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Housing one of the most comprehensive art collections in the world with over two million permanent pieces, The Met encompasses a variety of architectural styles.
After the collection repeatedly outgrew successive locations throughout the late 1800s, negotiations with the City of New York resulted in the current location in Manhattan. There, the earliest Gothic structure was absorbed into the Fifth Avenue Beaux-Arts façade designed by Richard Morris Hunt. McKim, Meade & White later designed the side wings along Fifth Avenue that were added between 1904 and 1926, and additions continued, resulting in a 2,000,000-square-foot space made up of over twenty contained structures.
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.
