What does it take to raise Santa? – Lebanon's Winter Wonderland

Our original waving Santa was 42 feet wide and 21 feet tall. He weighed in at … well, lets just say he isn’t the lightest thing in the world. (Rumor has it that he weighed in at close to 2000 pounds!)

What did it take to raise Santa? Well, the whole Lebanon Emerald Mound Fire Department!

For years, the Fire Department has assisted us to raise Santa in November and take him down again in January. We (LWW) assembled him on the ground. Then one evening (usually during Tuesday night FD training) the FD came over and within minutes raised him. (The same for lowering him.) Check out the video above.

With that manpower, it was literally just minutes.

A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO THE LEBANON EMERALD MOUND FIRE DEPARTMENT for all of your help over the years.

We would also like to thank the young men and women of the Wednesday Night Bible Study Group who stepped up to assist when the fire department was unable to. You guys and galls did a great job!

Waving Santa is being retired – for now. Don’t worry though, check out our new Santa and sign!