VIDEO: Every holiday season, Hammonton's big red fire trucks have to compete for attention with the big red mailbox outside of Station 2. The letters contained within are all addressed to, you guessed it, the man in the big red suit.
"We thought this was just another great way to engage with the community outside of emergencies," said Lieutenant Joe Lizza.
This year marks the 5th annual Letters to Santa operation, in which volunteer firefighters work hard to make sure each child who sends a letter to Santa will receive a reply in time for Christmas.
"When we started year one, we had about 400 letters received, so that was our first year," said Lizza. "Last year, we had 640 letters."
Only time will tell how many letters slide through the clunky mailbox this year. But at least one of them was penned by 5-year-old Alina DiGuglielmo from Mays Landing.