120618 LCJ polar express (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Dylan Miller, 4, of Grayslake gets a candy cane from Santa as they ride in a Metra train during the Grayslake Park District’s Polar Express Storytime Train event. (12/2/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media MacKenzie Miller, eleven-months-old, of Grayslake holds on to her family's golden tickets as she stands on her mother, Nicole's, lap as they take a train ride to the North Pole (Fox Lake) to see Santa during the Grayslake Park District’s Polar Express Storytime Train.MacKenzie was also with her father, Tim, and brother, Dylan, 4. (12/2/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Calvin Jones, 2, of Grayslake and his sister, Finley, 4, tell Santa what they want for Christmas as they ride a Metra train with him during the Grayslake Park District’s Polar Express Storytime Train event. The siblings were also with their parents, Nathan and Leslie, and sister, Emerson, five-months-old.(12/2/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Amy Vagnoni, of Grayslake and Katie Skora, 22, of Salem, Wis., both with the Grayslake Park District, work together to tell the story of The Polar Express as families ride a Metra train to the North Pole (Fox Lake) to see Santa during the Grayslake Park District’s Polar Express Storytime Train event. (12/2/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jack Mercer, 15, of Grayslake holds up The Polar Express book for everyone to see the pictures as the story was being read to families riding the Metra train to the North Pole (Fox Lake) to see Santa during the Grayslake Park District’s Polar Express Storytime Train event. (12/2/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Amy Vagnoni, of Grayslake guides families into the right train car as they take the train to the North Pole (Fox Lake) to see Santa from the Grayslake Metra Station during the Grayslake Park District’s Polar Express Storytime Train event. (12/2/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Families get on to the Grayslake Park District’s Polar Express Storytime Train at the Grayslake Metra Station on Lake Street. (12/2/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Leo Lesinski, 3, of Grayslake holds up his golden ticket to board the Storytime Holiday Train as he waits in the Grayslake Metra Station with his mother, Sara, to take the train to the North Pole (Fox Lake) to see Santa during the Grayslake Park District’s Polar Express Storytime Train event. (12/2/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A train comes into the Grayslake Metra Station to pick up children and their parents to take them to the North Pole (Fox Lake) to see Santa during the Grayslake Park District’s Polar Express Storytime Train event. (12/2/18)