GREEN BAY, Wis. (SPECTRUM NEWS) -- The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay hosts The Polar Express each holiday season. Every year, over twelve thousand people come for hot chocolate and a train ride to the North Pole. Recently, the Stolper family of Fond du Lac surprised their children with golden tickets to the event.  They took Spectrum News 1 along for the ride to see Santa Claus and more.

If you want to catch a ride next year on The Polar Express, tickets will go on sale July 25^th.  The museum counts on The Polar Express as a major fund raiser for their educational and outreach programs.