Scene + Heard: Vinternatt

For the Minnesota Star Tribune
December 22, 2017 at 12:01AM

Santa left his sleigh behind, driving a streetcar to Vinternatt, the annual luminaria event held by the Minnesota Streetcar Museum along the Como-Harriet line in south Minneapolis.

Hundreds of children each placed a toy under the station’s Christmas tree for Toys for Tots.

Santa helped families board the streetcar, which traveled along the lamp-lit rails.

After returning to the station, guests warmed up with hot cocoa around the wood fire, roasting marshmallows and recounting their favorite moments of the journey.

Ekta Jain and Aryan at the 2017 Vinternatt.
Ekta Jain and Aryan at the 2017 Vinternatt. (Matt Blewett/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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