121919 LCJ North Pole Express (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Brenden Fries, 7, of Ingleside talks to Santa on the way back to Antioch from the North Pole on the North Pole Express. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation hosted the event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Brad and Stacy Kaminscky, of Spring Grove and their children, Katrina, 6, and Caroline, 5, visit with Santa on the train back from the North Pole to Antioch during the North Pole Express. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation hosted the event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Erik Sullivan, 5, of Antioch and his brothers, James, 5, and Jaxon, 6, look out the window of the Antioch Metra Station waiting for the train to take them to the North Pole during the North Pole Express in Antioch. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation hosted the event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Nicole Girardi, of Antioch takes a photo of her son, Oliver, 2, as he wears a Conductor's hat sitting next to her sister, Ashley Lewis, of Lake Villa and father, Don White, of Antioch as they ride the North Pole Express from Antioch. Sandra Simon, of Antioch, portrays a conductor, as she stands next to them. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation sponsored the event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Isaac Rolakowski, 3, of Gurnee holds up his Golden Ticket as he rides the North Pole Express from Antioch to the North Pole. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation hosted the North Pole Express event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Sandra Simon, of Antioch portrays a conductor as she hands out a prize on the North Pole Express from Antioch to the North Pole to the person who answered correctly, "what is the Illinois state cookie?" (Answer: Mint Chocolate) The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation sponsored the event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Toni Galster, special event coordinator, greets visitors as they arrive at the North Pole after taking the train from Antioch during the North Pole Express. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation sponsored the event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Santa greets a table of visitors at the North Pole after they took the North Pole Express from Antioch. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation hosted the event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Declan Shearer, 3, of North Chicago shares a laugh with Santa while he visits him on the North Pole during the North Pole Express from Antioch. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation hosted the event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Nicole Lagunas, 5, of Antioch gets a bell from Santa on the North Pole after taking the North Pole Express from Antioch. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation hosted the North Pole Express event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Santa signs the book called, "The Polar Express," for Anastasia Morales, 3, of Antioch after she won the book in a raffle as they travel back by train to Antioch from the North Pole during the North Pole Express. Anastasia's brothers, Julian, 12, Jackson, 9, and their father, Eric, watched them. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Santa talks with Charlotte Guynn, 3, of Slinger, Wis., her mother, Becky, and grandmother, MaryJo Fries, of Lindenhurst while riding the North Pole Express train from the North Pole to Antioch. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation hosted the North Pole Express event. (12/16/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Sandra Simon, of Antioch (as the Conductor) shares a laugh with the Morales family, of Antioch on the North Pole Express from the North Pole to Antioch as she hands them reindeer food. The Village of Antioch Parks & Recreation sponsored the event. (12/16/19)