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debm55

(60,624 posts) Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:40 AM Dec 2025

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 2025 OP

Ours have clowns on it and they only show up for fires. Eventually. ... marble falls Dec 2025 #1

Oh I am sorry your Fire department is like that, marble falls. debm55 Dec 2025 #2

Our fire department is actually pretty darn good. ... marble falls Dec 2025 #3

Thank you very much, marble falls, Coggon, Iowa sounds like a great town debm55 Dec 2025 #4

We have the same thing. Our side of town is tomorrow. GP6971 Dec 2025 #5

Thank you very much. GP6971 for shaing with us debm55 Dec 2025 #6

Literally just as I read this, he came through our neighborhood. malthaussen Dec 2025 #7

Thank you very much, malthaussen . I love that tradition. debm55 Dec 2025 #8

Yes, they did it the other day. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #9

Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E. debm55 Dec 2025 #10

marble falls

(71,936 posts)

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

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 12:03 PM

Dec 2025

... 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

(60,624 posts)

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

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 12:10 PM

Dec 2025

marble falls

(71,936 posts)

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

Reply to debm55 (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 12:47 PM

Dec 2025

... 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

(60,624 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, 12:53 PM

Dec 2025

GP6971

(38,016 posts)

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

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 02:11 PM

Dec 2025

debm55

(60,624 posts)

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

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 02:21 PM

Dec 2025

malthaussen

(18,572 posts)

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

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 02:01 PM

Dec 2025

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

(60,624 posts)

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

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 02:22 PM

Dec 2025

OldBaldy1701E

(11,151 posts)

9. Yes, they did it the other day.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 10:02 AM

Dec 2025

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

(60,624 posts)

10. Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E.

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 10:27 AM

Dec 2025

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