Santa to Visit Rockville Neighborhoods, Starting Saturday

The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department (RVFD) is expecting Santa to arrive soon for his annual tour of Rockville. Santa will begin touring neighborhoods in Rockville Saturday, Dec. 9.

The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department posted the 2017 schedule for Santa’s Tour on their website and Facebook page. He has a busy schedule to make it to so many neighborhoods in Rockville. He will visit between 6 and 8:45 p.m., most nights.

Santa asks that everyone listen for the sirens and keep an eye out for him riding on the fire truck.

PHOTO | Rockville Volunteer Fire Department

Santa will start touring Rockville with members of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday, Dec. 9 in the Glenora Hills, Griffith Oaks, Watts Branch Meadows, Rockshire, Dav Road and Hiwood Drive neighborhoods.

Santa will visit the neighborhoods of Hungerford, Fireside, Waddington Park, Lynfield and Villages at Tower Oaks on Sunday, Dec. 10.

On Monday, Dec. 11 Santa will visit the neighborhoods of West End Park and Chestnut Lodge.

Tuesday, Dec. 12 will find the Man in Red and his firefighting elves in Derwood.

Santa will visit the King Farm neighborhood on Thursday, Dec. 14.

On Friday, Dec. 15, Santa and the firefighters will visit the area around Fallsmead Elementary School, near Wootton Parkway and Hurley Avenue.

Santa and his firefighting elves will be back in Rockville on Saturday, Dec. 16 in the Lincoln Park, Maryvale, and East Rockville neighborhoods.

On Monday, Dec. 18, the Man in Red will visit the Horizon Hill neighborhood.

Next up, Santa will visit the College Gardens neighborhood, Tuesday, Dec. 19.

Santa visits Woodley Gardens and Ivy League Lane on Wednesday, Dec. 20.

Thursday, Dec. 21 finds Santa and his firefighting elves in the Silver Rock and Twinbrook neighborhoods.

On Friday, Dec. 22, the Man in Red will visit the New Mark Commons and Rose Hill neighborhoods.

Santa will finish up his annual tour of Rockville on Saturday, Dec. 23 with visits to the Fallsgrove neighborhoods.

Rockville Volunteer Fire Department asks families who wish to see Santa to congregate at intersections and monitor the RVFD Facebook for live updates. Unfortunately it is not practical to drive down every street. Please do not follow Santa in your car as this is very dangerous and distracts the reindeer and may cause an accident. If your neighborhood is not on the schedule, please send RVFD a Facebook message or email santa@rvfd.org.

The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department is also selling Christmas Trees this year. Trees are being sold for $40 – $80 depending on their height, wreaths are $20 and tree stands are $40. The Tree Lot is open Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Monday through Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. The RVFD station 3 is located on Hungerford Drive, next to Rockville Town Square.

Santa’s schedule:

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