This was a cool “wintery” thing to do. I wanted Aiden to get to see the holiday (and downtown) lights from the warm, non-stressful, passenger seat of someone’s else’s vehicle so this seemed like the perfect thing to do. We boarded the trolley at the John Hancock building and Aiden and I lucked out and got the only seat up front next to the driver on a platform.
We had a great view from there and of course Aiden wanted to talk to our Santa Claus driver. He was great too. He told us the history of some of the buildings we’d pass, and he had us singing Christmas carols as we sat in traffic. The sights on the tour were the Magnificent Mile, Macy's Holiday Windows, the John Hancock Center Tree, Daley Plaza and Millennium Park. It also made 3 stops. The 1st was at Sprinkles bakery where they gave us complimentary red velvet cupcakes, the 2nd was at the Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza, and the 3rd was at Lincoln Park Zoo to see their two million holiday lights. The Christkindlmarket was a bit much for us. It was so tightly packed and the lines were really long at each booth so we just did a quick walk through and then got back on the trolley and waited with our Santa driver. The zoo lights were cool but we weren’t given a whole lot of time to go through it all, and it was freezing cold, so we saw what we could then got back onto the trolley. It was a good time. I think Aiden’s favorite parts were singing Christmas carols on the trolley and eating the cupcakes.
We had a great view from there and of course Aiden wanted to talk to our Santa Claus driver. He was great too. He told us the history of some of the buildings we’d pass, and he had us singing Christmas carols as we sat in traffic. The sights on the tour were the Magnificent Mile, Macy's Holiday Windows, the John Hancock Center Tree, Daley Plaza and Millennium Park. It also made 3 stops. The 1st was at Sprinkles bakery where they gave us complimentary red velvet cupcakes, the 2nd was at the Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza, and the 3rd was at Lincoln Park Zoo to see their two million holiday lights. The Christkindlmarket was a bit much for us. It was so tightly packed and the lines were really long at each booth so we just did a quick walk through and then got back on the trolley and waited with our Santa driver. The zoo lights were cool but we weren’t given a whole lot of time to go through it all, and it was freezing cold, so we saw what we could then got back onto the trolley. It was a good time. I think Aiden’s favorite parts were singing Christmas carols on the trolley and eating the cupcakes.
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