Promotional Disney train brings early Christmas to cities across the country
By APFriday, August 7, 2009
Disney train brings early Christmas
NEW ORLEANS — In dozens of cities across the country, Christmas is coming early this year — and it’s arriving by train.
Walt Disney is in the midst of a 40-city tour to promote its new holiday movie, an animated 3-D version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” starring Jim Carrey as Ebeneezer Scrooge.
The movie isn’t due out until November, but this week four custom-designed rail cars chock full of artifacts from the Charles Dickens Museum of London — as well as costumes and props from the film — rolled into New Orleans.
Amtrak locomotives and engineers are leading the train tour, which at each stop includes a holiday display, artwork from the film, Christmas carolers and free activities for families, including a snow machine for kids.
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August 10, 2009: 2:53 am
Sounds like a lot of fun. I love the idea of the kids playing in the snow! It’s not too early to be getting ready for Christmas - if you start planning and making the odd list now, then there is a lot less panic in December. |
Nerida