I am on the Santa Express, bound overnight for Rovaniemi! I didn't honestly think it would really happen until I got into my cabin and unpacked. It's very narrow and I will undoubtedly have bruised shins in the morning, but I love it. It feels so cozy.
You can see my coat and gloves hanging up, the edge of my luggage on the bed and my boots below the bench, and of course the snacks on the bench and the beverage bar nearby on the floor. I paid extra for the ensuite bathroom/shower and it's so narrow that it feels like peeing in a coffin, but at least that's a novel experience.
The conductor who came by to scan my ticket was a nice man who was wearing the train's uniform livery BUT did have a bushy white beard, and when he reached the Australian family a few doors down and said "tickets?", one of the young daughters shrieked "SANTA IS RUNNING THE TRAIN."
