Recently we visited Santa's Village for the first time with our 4 yr old and 18 month old along with some friends and their children.  We went to Storyland the day before and our rental home was right near there so that meant it was about an hour drive from Storyland to Santa's Village (Jefferson, NH).

The drive up to Jefferson goes by really fast and it is basically straight up Route 16 to Route 2 and you're there - it's a scenic drive and we left at 9:30 a.m. and got to Santa's Village by 10:30 a.m. - still early enough to avoid crowds.  The day we went it was a little bit rainy  with skies clearing up as the day went on so we thought we would make the best of it and we were prepared with rain coats, umbrellas and a towel.  The fact that it was not the "perfect" sunny day actually worked out for us because it was not crowded at all and there were no lines to wait - I think the longest we waited was for about 2 minutes!

People generally don't want to visit these parks in okay weather but we made it work.  Luckily there were no major down pours, just a passing shower here and there but when it did rain, we went inside to see theater shows, had lunch, went to the indoor playarea and indoor rides.  When it stopped that was when we did all the outdoor rides and again, since it was not crowded at all, no worry about lines.

The park also sold ponchos for only $1.00.  The sleigh ride which takes you all around the park provides big umbrellas so you can keep yourself dry if it does rain in the middle of the ride.  Plus the kids didn't care about the rain and we didn't have to worry about overheated kids since it was on the cool side.  As long as you prepare for it, then it's great.  We even wore our ponchos on the log ride when the rain stopped.  As the day went on it cleared up so overall it turned out to be a nice visit.  We left the park around 5p.m.  So don't let a little rain dampen your visit to Santa's Village - it does work out to your advantage.