Train under the Christmas tree

We also always had one around the tree when I was growing up. My dad was an Engineer for Union Pacific RR and I got "my" Lionel for Christmas when I was 3 (yeah, sure, "my" train!). My dad passed away just a little over 4 years later but I've still got the train in the original boxes.
After I got married back in '69 we used to set it up every year for the holidays. I stopped setting it up when our grandkids were real small because I didn't want it damaged. We picked up a larger scale "Christmas Train" a few years ago just for the Holiday use.
All of my Lionel stuff is very early '50s vintage.