By NEAL WAGNER / Managing Editor

ALABASTER – The Alabaster Fire Department will continue its tradition of escorting Santa Claus through the city on Christmas Eve before he begins his journey around the world, and the department has released Santa’s touring schedule for the day.

In the weeks leading up to Christmas Eve, the city will place yellow and red Santa Stop signs throughout the city, which will mark the locations the fire trucks escorting Santa will stop to greet children. Each one of Santa’s stops will last between five and seven minutes, according to the AFD.

Throughout the day, the city will post regular updates on its “Alabaster City Hall” Facebook page and on the AFD’s Instagram account. The following is Santa’s tentative tour schedule in Alabaster, which may be altered if the AFD is called to respond to emergencies during the day.

 

-1 p.m.: Portsouth, Cedar Grove, Kingwood/Spring Gate and Norwick Forest

-1:30 p.m.: Sterling Gate

-1:40 p.m.: Northwest and Old Towne

-1:45 p.m.: Meadowlark, Willow Creek and Willow Point

-1:50 p.m.: Cedar Grove mobile home park

-2 p.m.: Woodland Hills and Southwind

-2:30 p.m.: Navajo Hills, Amberly Woods, Autumn Ridge, Cambridge Point 1 and Summer Brook

-2:35 p.m.: Chinaberry

-2:40 p.m.: Greenfield

-2:45 p.m. Eaglewood Estates

-3 p.m.: The View apartments

-3:10 p.m.: Applegate Townhomes

-3:15 p.m.: Cambridge Point 2, Ashford Heights and Lacey’s Grove

-3:20 p.m.: Northeast (Brown Circle and Hillwood area)

-3:30 p.m.: Falling Waters

-3:35 p.m.: Shalimar Pointe

-3:40 p.m.: Bermuda Lake and Knox mobile home park

-3:50 p.m.: Maylene

-4 p.m.: Peavine mobile home park and Grande View Gardens

-4:10 p.m.: Grande View Estates

-4:15 p.m.: Lake Terrace

-4:20 p.m.: Wellington Manor

-4:25 p.m.: Apache Ridge and Berryhill

-4:35 p.m.: Weatherly and Southwest

-4:45 p.m.: Navajo Pines

-5:15 p.m.: Stoney Meadows

-5:20 p.m.: Cedar Meadows

-5:30 p.m.: Fox Valley Farms

-5:40 p.m.: Siluria

-5:45 p.m.: First Avenue and 2000 block, Maplewood and Shady Oak Lane

-5:55 p.m.: Woodbrook apartments and Maple Ridge

-6 p.m.: Smoke Ridge

-6:10 p.m.: Buck Creek Landing and Mission Hills

-6:15 p.m.: Tanglewood, South-East and Ironwoods

-6:20 p.m.: Douglas Meadows

-6:25 p.m.: Wynlake

-6:30 p.m.: Timber Ridge and Park Place

-6:45 p.m.: Stage Coach and The Meadows

-6:55 p.m.: Keystone mobile home park

-7 p.m.: Dogwood Forest and Forest Hills

-7:10 p.m.: Kentwood and Silver Creek

-7:15 p.m.: Shelby Farms

-7:20 p.m.: Betty Snow

-7:25 p.m.: Southfield Gardens

-7:30 p.m.: Scottsdale and Lake Forest

-7:35 p.m.: South Forty and Golden Meadows

-7:45 p.m.: Park Forest back sector

-7:50 p.m.: Saddle Lakes

-8:05 p.m.: Terri-Lynn mobile home park

-8:10 p.m.: Green Valley

-8:15 p.m.: Park Forest Village

-8:25 p.m.: Meadowview and Willow Glen

-8:30 p.m.: Crosscut Road and Sawmill Trace Road, Sawmill Trace Road, Mountain Lakes and Carriage Hills

-8:35 p.m.: Crosscut Road and Carriage Lane, Wisteria

-8:40 p.m.: The Grove

-8:55 p.m.: Windy Oaks