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Happy St. Nicholas Day! Celebrate with free shipping on all train sets today! Use the code TRAINSET on our website for free train set shipping all day. St. Nicholas Day is a feast day on December 6 that honors St. Nicholas, the 4th century Greek bishop of Myra (present-day Turkey). Santa Claus (in the U.S.) and Father Christmas (in the U.K.) are figures who derive from St. Nicholas. Not much is known about the original St. Nick - the ea...

We’ve already done a blog post on our Christmas Piko train sets, but what about Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights? Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah, Hanukah, and many other ways, since it’s a transliteration of a Hebrew word) is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight days and eight nights. According to the Hebrew calendar, which is lunisolar, it begins on the 25th day of the month of Kislev. In the Gregorian calendar, this means that Hanukkah...

Our amazing Black Friday sale is live! Shop our store now for 25% off EVERYTHING. Don't miss out - this offer ends at 11:59pm on Saturday. Shop online at trainsandtoysoldiers.com, call us at 800.786.1888, or visit our store in person at 3130 S. 6th St. Suite 104, Lincoln, NE 68502. We can't wait to help you find exactly what you're looking for.Happy Thanksgiving, and happy shopping!...

Happy Thanksgiving week from all of us at Trains and Toy Soldiers! We appreciate this as a time to give thanks for all that we have, to connect with loved ones (hopefully over some delicious shared meals), and to celebrate gratitude and joy. At the same time, since we love learning about the histories of our products (check out some of our historical and product spotlights on the blog!), it’s important that we consider the roots of this holi...