Santa Doesn’t Ride a Sleigh, Not Here 3
In my little corner of Delaware, Santa rides a firetruck.
Every Christmas, the local fire company (which doesn’t have a website) makes the rounds of the neighborhoods with Santa riding on top of the firetruck. A Fire Marshall’s vehicle precedes and one follows the truck, while Santa’s helpers (junior fire department volunteers) distribute candy.
They came by tonight, lights flashing and sirens blaring.
My son said, “That’s one of my favorite traditions.”
(I tried to take pictures, but, with the motion and the glaring lights, they didn’t come out well and I would be ashamed to post them.)
December 14, 2005 at 12:03 am
Yeah. It is, especially the candy cane part.
December 14, 2005 at 6:12 pm
Your nephew and I traveled down to the Eastern Shore the Saturday following Thanksgiving. We saw Santa and Mrs. Claus making their way north up the Shore riding in a passenger railcar train pulled by an Eastern Shore Railroad engine. The train apparently had stops at each of the towns along the way. We saw the train after it pulled out of Belle Haven. Kids were lined up near the tracks in Painter, Keller, and Melfa. Perhaps the Eastern Shore has a new tradition – at least new to me.
December 14, 2005 at 7:41 pm
That sounds neat!
Heck, when we were growing up, the trains were limited to 10 mph. Santa never would have made it back to the North Pole in time for his run.