Our Santas are very well informed about everything that Santa needs to know because they are graduates of the Charles W. Howard Santa School.  It's the oldest Santa school in the world and it's right here in Midland, Michigan.  Yesterday there were about 300 Santas, Mrs. Claus, elves and friends who came to Owosso to ride the North Pole Express.  

It's still summer for most of us but Christmas will be here before we know it.  We have started preparations for the Country Christmas already and we can use some help.  We will be meeting every Thurs from now until the first train arrives.  Come and see if there's anything you can help us with.  We can use all kinds of help, painting, sorting, decorating, cleaning.  You name it and we'll probably be doing it.  We meet at 9:00 to get our assignments and we break at noon for a pot luck lunch.  Then we work until we're tired (usually by 3:00).  Hope to see lots of you come when you can. 

For lots of fun information about the Country Christmas, see us on Facebook at Village of Ashley Country Christmas featuring the historic village of Ashley and the Country Christmas.  See the little ones faces light up when they see Santa.  Enjoy treats from the Sweet Shop of all homemade Christmas Goodies, stop in and visit the many shops with homemade goods.  Let the kids delight in the Magic Show, and step back in time to the Carnival with fun children's games, and join in the fun with the elves in Santa's Work Shop and make their own wooden toy car, truck, train and more.