Santa Claus Comes to Town
LAURA MULROONEY
LAURA MULROONEY
By Laura Mulrooney
Gulfport’s finest first responders – the Gulfport Police Department and Gulfport Fire Rescue – took great care with a very special visitor Monday, December 7. City employees escorted Santa through town on the Fire Rescue Emergency Response cart.
Justin Shea, Gulfport’s Cultural Facilities Events Supervisor, and daughter Melody Shea, 8, were front and center at the Casino for Santa’s parade through Gulfport.
Gulfport’s finest first responders – the Gulfport Police Department and Gulfport Fire Rescue – took great care with a very special visitor Monday, December 7. At 6 p.m., they escorted Santa parade-style through Gulfport’s four wards after getting special instructions from
Mrs. Claus: social distancing required. “For almost 100 years, Gulfport has hosted the annual tree lighting on the first Monday of December,” Mayor Sam Henderson said as he stood in Clymer Park near the cedar tree that stands in as the city’s Christmas tree each year.
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