Santa's Here!

Since we don't get much snow here, before Christmas, Santa always recruits the help of our volunteer fire department to visit all the neighborhoods in his annual pre-Christmas rounds. They just load his sleigh on a trailer, sign up some temporary reindeer (it's too warm for the real ones, I reckon), and add a few elves for candy cane distribution. I figure he uses this opportunity to map out the most efficient route to all the houses he'll stop at on Christmas Eve. Who better to know the fastest way around town than our volunteers, eh? I was so excited about Santa being here, I forgot to take a picture of the rest of his entourage, including the monster fire engine that led the way, sirens blaring, and several other EMS vehicles, with lights a-flashin'.