edpaffjr.comWe have been busy enjoying various holiday events over the last couple of weekends. We’ve already been twice to the Holiday Junction featuring the Duke Energy Holiday Trains, which I remember going to see as a child. And though I don’t recall seeing the Shillito’s Elves display as a child, we also really enjoyed seeing the rejuvenated display at Newport on the Levee recently.
The elves were displayed in the Shillito’s department store starting sometime in the 1950’s through 1980’s. Earlier this summer I somehow stumbled upon the Kickstarter project to bring the elves back and was happy to contribute $25 to help the cause. In recognition of the donation, I received two family passes to see the display. We used one pass last weekend and we will be happy to use the other sometime over the next month to go see the display again.
In addition to the elves, there are also two train displays. The first from the Ohio Kentucky Indiana LEGO Users Group is a very detailed LEGO city with two trains circling around it. There is also a large model train display from the Ohio Valley Sipping & Switching Society. Trey has been on a huge train kick recently, so these were highly entertaining. I wasn’t sure how he would react to the elves, but he quickly warmed up to them and he really seemed to enjoy them.
