ST. JOHNSBURY — Gifts were given on Monday through the Santa Fund drive-through service.
Unable to make the normal Christmastime house calls because of restrictions related to COVID, St. Johnsbury firefighters invited registered Santa Fund gift recipients to come get the gifts. In St. Johnsbury, people who registered for toys for their children and/or food boxes were told to drive to the St. Johnsbury Academy field house parking area on Monday and today.
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