Photos: Charleston Place train display full of tiny surprises
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The Nappi family has traveled to Charleston from Greenville for the last 21 years to assemble a holiday train display in the lobby of the Belmond Charleston Place Hotel.
One of four trains chugs along the tracks on the train display set up at the Belmond Charleston Place Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Firefighters leave their station in the train display built by the Nappi family of Greenville in the lobby of the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 in Charleston. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Chris Nappi, left, and brother Jonathan Nappi, annually help their parents build the train display at the Belmond Charleston Place. "I couldn't do it without them" said their father Lou Nappi who has brought his children with him for the past 21 years to construct the train. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
A winter village grows behind Dawn Nappi as she places pieces together that have come apart on the train display's journey from Greenville to its annual display in the lobby at the Belmond Charleston Place. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Lou Nappi and his wife Dawn Nappi trouble shoot details on the train display they are erecting in the lobby at the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Details atop the mountain on the train display in the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 in Charleston. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Lou Nappi,left and his son Chris Nappi carry a mountain top through the lobby Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 as they build the annual train display at the Belmond Charleston Place. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Jaclyn Workentine and Elizabeth Jones decorates one of six live trees that decorate the lobby along with the train display in the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Lou Nappi and son Chris Nappi place pieces together that will help complete the winter village part of the train display at the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Eliza Gannon,6, and her father Grant Gannon visiting from Alabama, take in the sights of the train display during their visit to the Belmond Charleston Place Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 in Charleston. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
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One of four trains chugs along the tracks on the train display set up at the Belmond Charleston Place Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Firefighters leave their station in the train display built by the Nappi family of Greenville in the lobby of the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 in Charleston. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Chris Nappi, left, and brother Jonathan Nappi, annually help their parents build the train display at the Belmond Charleston Place. "I couldn't do it without them" said their father Lou Nappi who has brought his children with him for the past 21 years to construct the train. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
A winter village grows behind Dawn Nappi as she places pieces together that have come apart on the train display's journey from Greenville to its annual display in the lobby at the Belmond Charleston Place. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Lou Nappi and his wife Dawn Nappi trouble shoot details on the train display they are erecting in the lobby at the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Details atop the mountain on the train display in the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 in Charleston. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Lou Nappi,left and his son Chris Nappi carry a mountain top through the lobby Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 as they build the annual train display at the Belmond Charleston Place. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Jaclyn Workentine and Elizabeth Jones decorates one of six live trees that decorate the lobby along with the train display in the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Lou Nappi and son Chris Nappi place pieces together that will help complete the winter village part of the train display at the Belmond Charleston Place Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
Eliza Gannon,6, and her father Grant Gannon visiting from Alabama, take in the sights of the train display during their visit to the Belmond Charleston Place Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 in Charleston. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff
- By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com
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The Nappi family travels to Charleston from Greenville annually to assemble a holiday train display in the lobby of the Charleston Place Hotel.