Santa Makes His Way To Chatham Dec. 18 and 19

CHATHAM, NJ — Santa Claus expects to travel from the North Pole and make some stops in Chatham before his upcoming trip around the globe on Christmas Eve.

Chatham Township Volunteer Fire Department plans to usher Santa around by fire engine in the township, where he’ll visit with families and pass out candy canes.

“We drove Santa around last year on the fire truck to help brighten the holidays and it was such a big hit we knew we had to do it again this year,” said Richard Gentles, the fire department’s president.

Where does Santa plan to be and when?

On Saturday Dec. 18, beginning at 11 a.m., Santa is expected to begin on Sunset Drive and then visit the following streets:

Birch Hill Drive
Mohawk Trail
Van Houton Avenue
Ramapo Trail
Sycamore Drive
Candace Lane
Johnson Drive
Meyersville Road
Tree Top Lane
Dogwood Drive
Lisa Drive
Susan Drive
Mountainside Drive
Ormont Road
Henry Drive

On Sunday, Dec. 19, he’ll kick off his route at 11 a.m. on Cedar Lane and then head to:

Maple Road
Pembrook Road
Stonewhycke Road
Runnymeade Road
Fairmount Avenue
Westminster Road
Hampton Road
Thornley Road
Glenmere Drive
Runnymeade Road
Fairmount Avenue
Dale Drive (coming from Noe)
Rolling Hill Country Club
Holly Drive
May Drive
Rolling Hill
Robert Drive
Pine Street
Lenape Trail
Yarmouth Road
Falmouth Road

How will you know when Santa’s coming to town on both of these days? First, you’ll hear the sirens. Next, you can track Santa when he visits each day, here: https://locatoweb.com/user/ctfdsanta.

Santa plans to come back to Chatham Borough on Christmas Eve via the “North Pole Express," before he leaves to deliver presents worldwide. Find out below more about his stop in Chatham.

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