VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A holiday tradition returns to the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo this weekend, and visitors will also find a new traveling exhibit making a stop in Hampton Roads through the end of the year.

The museum’s annual “Planes, Trains and Santa” event runs through Thanksgiving weekend, offering families the chance to explore elaborate model train displays and see Santa touch down at 10 a.m. each morning.

But this year, guests can also view “The Longest Yarn,” an over 200-foot-long textile exhibit visiting from France. The three-dimensional installation uses knit and crocheted scenes to depict key moments from the Battle of Normandy. It was created by over 100 artists in honor of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, including one artist from Hampton Roads.

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