What is Christmas at the Firehouse like?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 3:12PM Commentary by Chris Carter
While covering global warming, the latest ACORN scandal, or another abomination of the Justice Department is essential to the survival of our republic, the holiday season (Christmas-time here in the “Heartland”) provides the staff of the US Report a brief but necessary respite from what could eventually drive us to jump off a bridge. Therefore, in the spirit of Christmas (and sanity) I thought it appropriate to relate the firehouse Christmas experience.
I grew up in a firehouse. My father worked as a fireman, and although that meant a lot of time – and Christmases – without Dad, it was still an awesome gig. Climbing around on firetrucks, sliding down poles, knowing that Dad was ripping people from the clutches of death was all pretty cool. So cool in fact, that I decided to follow in his footsteps. I joined the first fire department that would hire me.
Christmas at the Jacksonville Landing in Florida. [Photo by Kay B. Day)
