Santa Missed on some Streets in GT..

PAWW

Over past ten years (or longer) now in GT the local fire department has formed a train of vehicles and slowly toured the town on first weekend before Christmas, but one time on New Year's eve. The train of vehicles wasn't fast nor very long, but was bright and loud. Greeting everyone with a Merry Christmas to All. Did not happen in 2009, in my neighborhood. Maybe yours?

Gramps Answers:

I don't live in GT full time anymore so the Santa Tour of GT may or may not have happened while I was not in GT. However, when in town several people asked about when the visit was going to take place and no one got a straight answer from either City Hall or the Fire Station. Many children wait for this event and some parents make a special event of it. So if it was to be canceled in some parts of the city or city wide the Fire Department and City should have advised the adults that Santa's Pre Christmas Tour was not going to happen. Or if it was limited to a few streets where those streets were.

Now if the Santa Tour needed a new sponsor because driving a big fire truck around is both noisy and uses a lot of expensive fuel and equipment then the City Hall and or Fire Department should have informed the public and in GT, I am sure that some one would have provided Santa a Ride through town.

I understand that on Christmas Eve, Santa was able to find all the houses and made his deliveries as planned.

It is a small thing... but this is an example of how communication with the community could build community.