Oh What Fun is the Ride at Santa's Village

ʻO ke kumukūʻauʻo Hamakua

Hāʻawi nā Hale Hōkū kiʻekiʻe o New Hampshire i nā mea kupaianaha he nui, e like me nā pūpū mauna e hoʻoluliluli ana i nā ao mālamalama, ka National Forest ma ke alaloaʻo Kancamagus, a me ka chasm hoʻokipa naniʻo Flume Gorge.

A laila, aia nāʻulaʻula Dodgemʻulaʻula a me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo e'ō'ō ana kekahi i kekahi ma ka Villageʻo Santa. Noʻonoʻo i ka kahaha i nā mea kupaianaha kūlohelohe o ka'āina, makemake nā keiki i nā mea i hanaʻia e like me nā pāʻani papahanaʻo New Hampshire .

No nā makahiki he nui, he wahi makemake a kaulana ka Santa's Village i nā manawa hoʻomaha maikaʻi o ka'āina.

ʻOiaiʻaʻole iʻelemakule e like me ka Flume, ua kokoke ka manawa e kū mālie ma ka pā. No nā pēpē pēpē hōʻike, ua like ia me kā lākou mau meaʻoniʻoni home home a iʻole keʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo Brownie kiʻi mai i nā ola ke nānā hou lākou i kahi me kā lākou mau keiki pono'ī. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo kekahi o nā mea nui loa o Santa's Village he mea pēpē pēpē a he mea hōʻeuʻeu haʻihaʻiʻo Mick Foley .

I kekahi wā i ka wā e loaʻa ana iā Six Flags a Disney nā mea hoʻolimalima a me nā kaʻa he nui miliona-miliona, ua hoʻomau ka Hale Hoʻolāʻau White Mountain i kona lawaiʻa home a me kāna noiʻana. ʻAʻoleʻo ia e'ōlelo aʻeʻaʻole i ulu kahi mau mea hoʻolālā aʻaʻole hoʻi i hoʻokumuʻia e kahi pāʻani i nā holo hou hou a me nā hōʻike. Akāʻo ka Santa Village ke haʻaheo nei i ka nostalgia maikaʻi nāna e hāʻawi.

"Ua like mākou i ka New Hampshire kahiko," wahi a Elaine Gainer, kahi papa hana o nā mākua, he mea lawelawe lua.

"Ke kapa nei mākou iā mākou ihoʻo kahi moʻomeheuʻohana oʻEnelani."

Keʻemo nei au i kahi Mauna Loa

Uaʻikeʻia e Gainer a me kona makuakāne,ʻo Normand Dubois, e holo ana ma Route 2 ma Jefferson, New Hampshire i ka wā i lele ai ka dia ma mua o kā lākou kaʻa. Ua nakinakiʻo Narrowly i ka holoholona,ʻo Elaine heʻekolu makahiki i nīnau i kona makuakāne ināʻo ia kekahi o kā Santa's reindeer.

E like me kahi epiphany, Dubois, eʻimi ana i kahi loli, kūʻaiʻia ka'āina a wehe i ka Villageʻo Santa's i ka makahiki 1952. He mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hauʻoli nāʻohana'ōpio i ka pā kulaʻo Christmas-themed.

ʻO nā keiki o nā makahiki a pau aloha aloha iā Rudy's Rapid Transit, heʻole wikiwiki, akāʻole heʻano wimpy, he mau keʻolō me ke kāpili red-nosed e alakaʻi ana i ke kaʻa kaʻa. ʻO kekahi mau hololio e komo ana i kahi hāmole "Yule" e hauʻoli nei, he huakaʻi holo kaʻa me kekahi kanakaʻoluʻolu keʻokeʻo maikaʻi e lawelawe ana e like me ke enekelina, a me kahi pūkola me ka mea lele lele ma mua aʻe o nā lio.

ʻO kekahi o nā wahi kaulana a kaulana loa o Santa's Village,ʻo Santa's Skyway Sleigh. ʻO kēlā me kēia kaʻahana kaʻawale hoʻokahi, i hoʻohālikeʻia e like me nā kūlana maikaʻi, e hoʻoholo i ko lākou alanui i kahi alahele ma loko o ka pā.

Aia nā haʻawina i loko o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni 3-D i nā mele Kalikimaka a me nā hōʻailona hihiu ma ka papa kiʻi kiʻi Polar Players. ʻO ka hoʻolālāʻana i ka hoʻomehana honua kekahi mea hōʻikeʻike mele Kalikimaka a me Santa's Clauset, he manuahi uila e hiki ai ke mālama i nā keiki i ka ua a me nā lā nui.

ʻO ke komoʻana a me nā kumukūʻai ma loko o ka hale no ka meaʻai a me nā haʻawina ua haʻahaʻa loa. "Ke hāʻawi nei mākou i ka waiwai maikaʻi loa," i'ōlelo aiʻo Gainer. "ʻOiai mākou e hāʻawi ana i nā hapa nui,ʻike mākou i nāʻohana'ōpio, ko mākou poʻe pepeiao nui, pono e mālamaʻia kekahiʻoihana kūikawā."

ʻO ka pilina pili

ʻO kekahi o nā maka'āinana o Santa Village kona mau lima lima. "He maikaʻi nā holo kelepa akā ua paʻakikī lākou," i'ōlelo aiʻo Gainer. "Makemake mākou e komo i nā keiki."

ʻO ka Polar Theatre pūnaewele kahiʻo Santa's Workshop. Ma laila, lilo nā keiki i mau kōkua kōkua. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonani i kā lākou mau kāhikoʻana a i keʻano mālama mālama mālama. Ma kahi pākena o ka papa, hiki i nā keiki ke hoʻohui i nā mea hōʻailona a me nā mea'ē aʻe i nā kāne o ka palaoa. Hiki i nā'ōpiopio keʻikeʻia e kīkiʻi ana i kā lākou mau "Elfabet" ma nā kāmeka elf-stamping i hūnāʻia ma loko o ka papa. ʻO nā keiki i hōʻiliʻili i nā 26 a pau i loaʻa i kahi makana.

ʻO ka mea pili loa i ka Santa's Village, akā, he hālāwai kūʻokoʻa ia me kaʻelemakule St. Nick. Ke hoʻomalu nei i kahi hoʻokolokolo ma kona noho kauwela, hiki i nā keiki ke noi aku i mua o ke kanaka nāna e hana i ka papa inoa a nānā iʻelua.

ʻO ka'ōnaehana'ōnaehana hoʻi, he mea maʻaʻole kaʻoliʻoli i kahi pāʻani iʻikeʻia i nā makahiki 1950 a mahalo aku iā St. Nick? "E make ana ka moʻolelo mele," wahi a Gainer. ʻOiaʻiʻo, me Bing Crosby e hoʻomanaʻo mau ana i "Christmas Christmas" ma waena o ka hoʻolālā Currier a me Ives, hiki i ka pā o nā mea nostalgia a kamaʻilio i ke keiki i loko o kākou a pau. ʻAʻole i maʻalahi nā keiki maʻalahi o kēia lā; ke pīhoihoi nei lākou i ka pōʻaleʻa a kāpae i kā lākou mau hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo no ko Santaʻohana.

Kahi, kahi hoʻokomo, a me ka Māhele Maoli

Aia ka papa ma Jefferson, NH (ma ka Mauna Loa Mountains). ʻO 528 Pelekikena Highial, kahi i kapaʻiaʻo NH Route 2.

Hāʻawi ka papa i kahi hoʻolimalima no nā malihini he 62 aʻoi. Hoʻomaopopoʻia nā keiki 3 a me nā'ōpiopio i kaʻole. Loaʻa i ka hōʻeaʻana i 3 mau lā a iʻole ma mua o ka hoʻopauʻana i kaʻaeʻana i ka heleʻana e hele i kahi lā'ē aʻe. Loaʻa nā lāʻelua a me ka hala. Hiki ke kūʻaiʻia ma ke kikowaena ma ka pūnaewele official o Santa Village. ʻO ka hoʻokomoʻana i loko o ka hale kaʻa pū me ka hale hoʻokipa maikaʻi, nā loina ukalāʻau maikaʻi, a me ka lawelawe lokomaikaʻi pene.

Ke weheʻia nei ka Hale o Santa's mai ka mahina o Mei a hiki i ka halaʻana oʻOkakopa. I ka hāʻuleʻana o ka papa, hāʻawiʻo ka papa iā Silly, Spooky Halloween. ʻOiai ua hiki ke hōʻoluʻolu i ka hopena o ka hāʻuleʻana, ua weheʻia ka Village o Santa's i nā lā koho no ka huiʻo Christmastime a me ka Pāʻina Hana Makahiki Hou.