Celebrate Christmas with family and friends by taking the Candy Cane Train with Santa and his elves next month.

The Candy Cane Train will take a 90-minute trip from Bath to Wiscasset and back to Bath on Saturday, December 8 and Saturday, December 15. There will be four trips on each day. Departure times are 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Sponsored by Tri-County Literacy, this is an opportunity to support two programs dedicated to improving literacy from Waldoboro to Freeport: Read With Me Family and Literacy Volunteers for Adults. One in every six adults in the northern part of Cumberland County, Sagadahoc County and Lincoln County functions at the lowest literacy levels. This event raises money to buy materials for the program.

There will also be an adults-only Candy Cane train on December 15 leaving at 5:30 p.m. The price for this fund-raising event is $25; wine and appetizers will be served free of charge.

Tickets can be purchased by requesting a registration form from Tri-County Literacy's Web site at www.candycanetrain.com ; or visit the Bath train station and purchase in person at Lady Theresa's Closet (a $1 serve fee per ticket will be added;) or order by credit card online at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006 (a fee of $1.36 will be added for the $15 ticket and $1.61 for the $25 ticket).