As in years past, the kids took a ride on the Märlitram with friends this year. It was on Tuesday, squeezed in between the movie and the Christmas market at Kindergarten. I absolutely love all the special activities during the holiday season, but man, it sure does keep us all busy!
We had a bit of trouble finding a parking spot, as the place I used to always park was blocked off since the last time I drove downtown. Rude! 🙂 We ended up having to run a bit so as not to miss the tram.
But we made it with a couple minutes to spare, and that turned out to be a good thing. Less time having to stand around in the cold. haha Sarah sadly is now too old to ride the tram, and this year was Sophie’s final ride.
He’s a bit blurry, but I love the people’s reactions around him. My funny silly Noah.
Alexandra was glad to ride with Sophie, as Samichlaus can sometimes be a bit scary when you’re so small. It’s always so fun to see the little kids filled with excitement and completely enchanted by the whole thing. 
Noah and his friend Max peeking out the window before the tram takes off. Cool big boys can still be impressed by white lights and fairy glitter, thank goodness. 
When storytime is over, the tram stops and the Christengel disembark first. They give each child a cookie and a swipe of angel dust, if they want it.
Apparently, the way it’s supposed to work is if you close your eyes that means you want the dust, if you leave them open you don’t. Noah left his eyes open, but he still got the angel dust. 🙂 But the cookies that Samichlaus made were delicious, so he was still all smiles.
On the walk back to the car we saw this building all decorated for Christmas. 
So beautiful and required a lot of planning. I have always wanted to do something similar in our apartment building but am not sure how to execute it. So I will just appreciate the efforts of whoever organized this masterpiece.