Santa's sleigh - part of the Santa's Flight Academy installation at Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord, Calif. Photo courtesy of Taubman.

Santa's sleigh - part of the Santa's Flight Academy installation at Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord, Calif. Photo courtesy of Taubman.

Santa's Flight Academy Takes Off at Taubman

Last week, an amusement park style installation, Santa’s Flight Academy, took a bow at 12 Taubman shopping centers across the country including Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord, Calif.

When entering the Santa’s Flight Academy ride, kids will receive an official flight crew badge, they will inspect Santa’s sleigh before its flight around the world to deliver presents. Then they will step inside the 22-foot-tall sleigh and meet Santa himself. Question, does he really look like the guy in 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street?

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From Miracle on 34th Street. Edmund Gwenn played the man in the red suit Kris Kringle. Also pictured, Natalie Wood as Susan Walker. Picture via theglobaldispatch.com