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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.

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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? [View all] 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