Model Train Store Keeps News Today

LEBANON, Pa. — When this holiday season rolls around, you’re likely to find a Christmas tree with not just gifts under its boughs, but also a model train encircling its base. It’s easy to understand the symbolism behind putting a star at the top of a Christmas tree and the gifts beneath, but how did that model train find its way into holiday tradition? The link between trains and Christmas dates to mid-19th-century Germany, where the hand-carved wooden villages placed beneath the...