
Hillary Hansen, pictured here with her family, takes cellphone video of Santa Claus riding along with the Pine Island Fire Department as parents and kids came out of their homes to see him on Saturday, Dec. 12. Photos by Robert G. Breese.

The Santapalooza Tour made its way through Pine Island Saturday with the Big Man’s entourage bolstered by the Pine Island Fire Department.
Santa had a busy weekend in and around Warwick.
On Saturday, the Pine Island Fire Department escorted the Big Man in Red through neighborhoods in Pine Island.
On Sunday, John Christison, the owner of Yesterday’s Irish Pub in Warwick, donned a Santa Claus outfit and together with the Grinch spread holiday cheer throughout the village in a classic 1962 Chevrolet convertible.
There were unconfirmed sightings in Greenwood Lake, Florida and even in Bellvale and Amity. But these could not be verified at press time.