On Saturday, December 3, 2011, there will be an early holiday special at the Veterans Memorial Library in Mt. Pleasant for the whole family. The Polar Express is an afternoon of fun and great entertainment.

It starts at noon, with Dickens Christmas stories being told until 12:30. Then Everett Wiltse, as the train conductor, will explain and operate the Mountain Town Hobby’s Polar Express model train and introduce the movie, Polar Express, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as the voice of half a dozen characters. The model train is currently on display at the library and you will see it in operation. Free popcorn and hot chocolate will be available.

If you have not seen this excellent movie and have Christmas in your heart you will truly enjoy it. It is Christmas Eve and a young boy has his doubts about how the toys appear beneath the tree on Christmas Morning. By magic, a passenger train pulled by a steam locomotive stops by his front door, and he is taken on an exciting adventure to the North Pole. Children of all ages will enjoy this witty and quite beautiful experience.