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Photos: Santa Visits North Escambia Children
December 20, 2009
Santa traded in his sleigh Saturday for a big red fire truck as he visited many boys and girls in neighborhoods across North Escambia.
NorthEscambia.com was along for the ride in the Christian Home community as Santa and one of his elves visited with dozens of children, listening carefully to those last minute wish lists.
“Have you been good this year?” Santa asked the boys and girls that ran outside to meet him when they heard the sirens and Christmas music blaring from the approaching McDavid Volunteer Fire Department truck. Some said “yes”, some shyly shook their heads, and one or two seemed to avoid the all-important question.
Santa took note of all the Christmas wishes. Dolls, stuffed animals — and even musical instruments.
“One of them asked for a violin, and one of them asked for a piano,” Santa said when he returned to the fire truck from one home.
Santa, of course, knows where all of the children live, so when he came to a house where the children did not run out, Santa knocked on the door. Santa knocking on a child’s door on a Saturday morning is a guaranteed smile.
“We’ve been doing this for about 20 years,” McDavid Chief Eric Gilmore said. “The kids just love it; it’s a tradition.”
The children were not the only ones smiling — the adults were out to meet Santa too. At one house in Christian Home, Santa was greeted by a lady who came outside with homemade goodie bags for Santa, his elf and the firemen that serve the community.
Santa’s elf was prepared for four-legged visitors, good or bad. Especially bad. Santa’s elf was passing out Milk-bone biscuits for the dogs along his route.
Click here for more photos from Santa’s North Escambia visit.
Pictured above and below: Santa visits with families in the Christian Home community Saturday morning. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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This is very wonderful to see and hear about. Some Young men and women work very, very hard for their families. This tradition is to honor them. They are not able to give all the latest computors, electronic games and all the rest of commercial toys BUT they SEE the real live REASON FOR CHRISTMAS. LOVE. Not much money? But lots and lots of Love. Christ set apart from the rest. No toys for him, just true, honest love from so many. I honor these young and old families for seeing thru the rose colored (t.v.) glasses that are put on our children, teens and young people. We all have a chance to change our out look as well as our children’s. Talk to them. They will be mad for a while but you have time to take things back and be honest with yourself and your children. Yourself, you know what you can alford. GOD LOVES US AND BLESSES US. WHEN WE LET HIM. TO HIS BIRTH BE THE HONOR AND PRAISE. PARENTS , GOD’S BIRTH BE THE HONOR.
MY TEARS FALL HEAVY FOR THESE FAMILIES AS I THING OF THEM AND GOD’S BLESSINGS.