This 1956 Ford fire engine will take Santa through Willow Street neighborhoods in the coming weeks.
Jeff King of the Willow Street Fire Company helps get the vintage fire engine ready for Santa's trips through area neighborhoods with the help of three children of a firefighter: (from left) Tori, Brett and Julie Myers.
King adds a reindeer to the fire engine.
A tree-lighting ceremony slated for Friday night in Willow Street had to be canceled, but the holiday spirit lived on.
A group that annually organizes the ceremony was not able to bring the event together before Friday, according to Willow Street Fire Company President Carl Boyle. A handful of residents who had not heard about the cancellation had to be turned away.
Despite the missing celebration, residents can still look for the fire company's 1956 Ford fire engine to bring Santa through area neighborhoods in the coming weeks. Santa will be in downtown Willow Street on Dec. 7, the Locust Lane area on Dec. 10 and in Hayward Heath on Dec. 17.
Fire company members Friday night decorated the vintage fire engine, adding Santa's signature sleigh. They also added lights, candy canes and a reindeer. Besides Boyle, helping decorate were Jeff King and the daughters of a fellow firefighter: Julie, Tori and Brett Myers.
Boyle said decorating the fire station has become an annual tradition, with some volunteers staying up to midnight to get the job done.
"We love Christmas," Boyle said.
For more information about Willow Street Fire Company's holiday events, visit wsfc512.com.
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