A magical train loaded with children travels north over mountains and bridges and through a desert of ice and snow to reach the North Pole, where Santa Claus is waiting to give the first gift of Christmas. Designed to be used with a flashlight to project silhouettes on a wall.

"An interactive shadow-casting bedtime story." "Based on the motion picture screenplay by Robert Zemeckis and William Broyles, Jr. ; based on the book The Polar Express written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg."