- [Passenger] Hey, Santa!

- Merry Christmas!

Ho ho ho ho!

(train rattles) ♪ Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells ♪ ♪ Jingle all the way ♪ (horn blares) ♪ Oh, what fun it is ♪ (bell rings) - So, the Sumpter Valley Railroad is a all-volunteer organization.

Our Christmas train and the city of City of Sumpter's Christmas Celebration is the second weekend in December every year.

- Are you gonna go to the parade?

- Yeah.

- No.

- Yeah.

- Yes, you are.

- [Mike] On Saturday evening after our last run, the City of Sumpter has their Christmas parade and their tree lighting.

- About ready to go.

- [Crowd] One, two, three.

(crowd cheers) - [Mike] And the community members put out burn barrels for people to stay warm and roast chestnuts.

- Put your hats on.

- There you go.

- [Patron] Merry Christmas!

- Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

- I almost get emotional with the parade, to see so many people come together in this weather and everybody has their 4-wheelers, or their costumes or whatever.

(horn honks) - I'm one of the Three Wise Men.

- I'm Mary.

- I'm Joseph.

- And I'm baby Jesus.

- [Kim] And then Santa.

I mean, it's nice.

It's a family up here.

- [Patron] Show us your wings, angel!

- [Patron] Nice!

- Ho ho ho ho!

(horn blares) - [Mike] After the parade is over, there's a candy dump.

- [Kim] The huge dump truck, it's everybody's big Tonka here.

Everybody wants the big dump truck.

The biggest Tonka truck you'll ever see.

And he dumps an abundance of candy.

(crowd chatters) - Oh yeah.

(horn blares) - [Kim] So, it's an awesome community, and I think it gets you in the spirit, it softens your heart, and everybody's happy, and where the world is a little crazy right now, it's just a happy spot.

- [Patron] Merry Christmas.

- [Patron] Yeah, merry Christmas to you too.

(bell rings) (no audio) - Great people just doing their thing in their own Northwest-y way.

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