{"id":4806,"date":"2009-12-31T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/wordpress\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2009-12-30T12:02:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T16:02:44","slug":"hello-it%e2%80%99s-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2009\/12\/exhibit-news\/hello-it%e2%80%99s-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello! It\u2019s Thomas!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m Back at the Garden; Please Come Visit\u2014I Can\u2019t Wait to See You<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nThomas the Tank Engine\u2122 is an annual visitor to The New York Botanical Garden.<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"Thomas<\/a>Hello everyone! It\u2019s Thomas, and I want to tell you about my next exciting destination\u2014The New York Botanical Garden! I pull into the station on January 2 to welcome all the children who visit each day through January 10.<\/p>\n

I see so many smiling faces every year during my visit to the Holiday Train Show<\/em><\/a>. I sometimes wish I were small enough to wind through the miniature New York landscape made of sticks and leaves and pine cones like the trains in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.<\/p>\n

At the Garden I have a very important job of meeting families at the Ross Lecture Hall and posing for photos with lots of boys and girls. Remember to bring your camera!<\/p>\n

Sir Topham Hatt will travel with me to make sure we are right on time and that everything runs smoothly while we have fun at the Holiday Train Show. We\u2019ve brought treats like stickers, tattoos, and coloring sheets to share with all our friends. Everyone can earn these and become honorary engineers when they come and see me. <\/p>\n

We will also present slide shows of my past journeys<\/a>. This is a great way to remember all of our adventures with my engine friends Emily, Percy, Gordon, and James.<\/p>\n

I am proud to be a very useful engine, and I am so excited to say hello to each and every one of you at The New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show<\/em>!<\/p>\n

P.S. Gayle Schmidt, Manager of Public Education, at right in photo, who helps arrange my Garden visit, helped me write this blog. Thanks, Gayle! <\/em><\/p>\n

Get Your Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m Back at the Garden; Please Come Visit\u2014I Can\u2019t Wait to See You Thomas the Tank Engine\u2122 is an annual visitor to The New York Botanical Garden. Hello everyone! It\u2019s Thomas, and I want to tell you about my next exciting destination\u2014The New York Botanical Garden! I pull into the station on January 2 to… <\/p>\n

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