Every year the Saturday before Christmas all of a sudden we’d hear the whir of a fire truck whistle as it entered SignPost. Greenbackville Fire Department rides Santa around to visit the kids and give bags of candy. My favorite was those chocolate covered vanilla domes, not sure what they are but I never loved that hard candy…all clumped together – that was always the last to leave.

For the first few minutes after he arrived we’d all hang cautiously back, afraid of him I guess, some cried, some (ME!) were worried we hadn’t been good enough all year. My dad dressed as the fire Santa for a few years when Jodys babies started coming along.

I am not sure if he went to any other towns farther from Greenbackville than SignPost but I sure loved that time of year in our sweet little town!