You have to see this! Dad creates ‘Polar Express’ train for his daughter, friends to ride in
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ALL ABOARD! — An influencer recently shared a heartwarming video on his social media of him spreading holiday cheer to those in his community, and the video is one that will leave you smiling.
Mason Smith, who goes by the username @dadsocial and has over 2.5 million followers on Youtube, shared a video this month and wrote, “POV: You’re a dad and this is all your daughter asked for for Christmas.”
The video shows Smith riding around on a lawnmower with barrels attached to it, forming a train. The video is a sped-up version of him showing how he created a “Polar Express” train.
It shows everything from him cutting the wood and painting it to make what resembles boxcars, to installing seats and lights inside and stringing lights on the outside.
“This is year two of a tradition that I hope lasts forever!” he said in the caption. “Don’t let this video fool you. This little Polar Express took me three long days, two smashed fingers, 20 sheets of plywood and a whole lot of Christmas spirit.”
The video then shows Smith dressed as a train conductor and the train up and running on full display during a parade.
Another video of the train and parade shows a truck decked out in Christmas lights following behind the train. Smith had packed the truck — as well as part of the train — full of chocolate bars for community members to grab. The train read “Powered by Tony’s Chocolonely.”
“What you didn’t see is that two hours before the parade it came down to the wire. Our generator quit working, the mower exhaust broke and it started dumping rain, but we didn’t let that stop us because there was a dream that needed to be made,” he wrote on his social media. “To be seven years old in a parade with all your friends and family handing out chocolate in a city you love… Does it get much better than that?”
Smith announced on TikTok the train won first place for best overall parade float.