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debm55

(56,371 posts) Sat Dec 20, 2025, 10:40 AM Dec 20

Santa just came down my street on the back of a fire truck. with the alarms and music. Does your community do that?

I remember when my son was a toddler we would take him out to get candy. Sweet memories.

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Santa just came down my street on the back of a fire truck. with the alarms and music. Does your community do that? (Original Post) debm55 Dec 20 OP

Ours have clowns on it and they only show up for fires. Eventually. ... marble falls Dec 20 #1

Oh I am sorry your Fire department is like that, marble falls. debm55 Dec 20 #2

Our fire department is actually pretty darn good. ... marble falls Dec 20 #3

Thank you very much, marble falls, Coggon, Iowa sounds like a great town debm55 Dec 20 #4

We have the same thing. Our side of town is tomorrow. GP6971 Dec 20 #5

Thank you very much. GP6971 for shaing with us debm55 Dec 20 #6

Literally just as I read this, he came through our neighborhood. malthaussen Dec 21 #7

Thank you very much, malthaussen . I love that tradition. debm55 Dec 21 #8

Yes, they did it the other day. OldBaldy1701E Dec 22 #9

Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E. debm55 Dec 22 #10

marble falls

(71,181 posts)

1. Ours have clowns on it and they only show up for fires. Eventually. ...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:03 AM

Dec 20

... I love living in small towns when any excuse for a parade was utilized. I wasn't a Mason, but I bought an old red MG Midget and I'd go to any town that had a parade and throw TONS of candy for the kids.

One day I looked out my front window in Pender NE and saw a a 12 year old kid get into the MG and settle into the front seat. I could almost see the thought bubble over his head: "Hey! I bet I could drive this thing!"

debm55

(56,371 posts)

2. Oh I am sorry your Fire department is like that, marble falls.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:10 AM

Dec 20

marble falls

(71,181 posts)

3. Our fire department is actually pretty darn good. ...

Reply to debm55 (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:47 AM

Dec 20

... I lived in Coggon, Iowa and every year they had a free to enter turkey and ham raffle at Christmas. The raffle is a joke, because everyone in town gets a turkey and/or ham. I love small town, and Coggon is one I'd move back to if I were younger. In eastern Iowa, it's just plain beautiful there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coggon,_Iowa

debm55

(56,371 posts)

4. Thank you very much, marble falls, Coggon, Iowa sounds like a great town

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:53 AM

Dec 20

GP6971

(37,673 posts)

5. We have the same thing. Our side of town is tomorrow.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 01:11 PM

Dec 20

debm55

(56,371 posts)

6. Thank you very much. GP6971 for shaing with us

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 01:21 PM

Dec 20

malthaussen

(18,427 posts)

7. Literally just as I read this, he came through our neighborhood.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:01 PM

Dec 21

I believe that is a persistent ritual in the Pittsburgh area. At any rate, I remember it happening when I lived here in the '60s, but not elsewhere until I moved back.

-- Mal

debm55

(56,371 posts)

8. Thank you very much, malthaussen . I love that tradition.

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:22 PM

Dec 21

OldBaldy1701E

(10,306 posts)

9. Yes, they did it the other day.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:02 AM

Dec 22

It was not something I was used to when I was a kid because we all lived too far out in the country for that to happen.

But, on occasion we would go into town and be there when it happened.

debm55

(56,371 posts)

10. Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E.

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:27 AM

Dec 22

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