Santa exchanged his sleigh for a semi-truck Thursday evening for the 2019 Holiday Express 18-Wheeler presented by the Kandiyohi Men’s Club and the Atwater Chamber. The truck visited Lake Lillian, Blomkest, Raymond and Pennock and will be touring area communities Friday and Saturday. On Friday they will stop at 5:30 p.m. at the Mug Shots parking lot in Cosmos, 7 p.m. in front of Kinsella Chiropractic in Litchfield, 7:45 p.m. at the Grove City Fire Hall and 8:15 p.m. at the Atwater Community Center.
There will be five stops on Saturday. The schedule is 5:15 p.m. at the Lake Region Bank in Sunburg, 6 p.m. on First Avenue S.E. in New London, 6:45 p.m. at the Green Lake Mall in Spicer, 7:30 p.m. at the Kandiyohi Civic Center and 8:15 p.m.at the YMCA in Willmar.
1/5: Siblings Wendy Sullivan, 6, and Leo Sullivan, 4, pose while their mother takes a photo of them in Santa’s sleigh on the Holiday Express 18-Wheeler Thursday evening in Lake Lillian. The truck visited Lake Lillian, Blomkest, Raymond and Pennock and will be touring area communities Friday and Saturday. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
2/5: The 2019 Holiday Express 18-Wheeler stops Thursday evening in Lake Lillian presented by the Kandiyohi Men’s Club and the Atwater Chamber. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
3/5: Josh Stien, left, holds his son Myles Stien, 3, while they wait with his brother Casen Stien, 2, and Dylan Williams Thursday evening before the Holiday Express 18-Wheeler came to visit outside of the Fire Department in Lake Lillian. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
4/5: Characters from the Holiday Express 18-Wheeler dance with children and their families Thursday evening when visiting Lake Lillian. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
5/5: Santa’s elves push their noses against the glass window while peering into the City Center building where attendees could warm up after enjoying the Holiday Express 18-Wheeler Thursday evening in Lake Lillian. Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune
