Drawing Near The Christmas Bridge ...

“Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime.”

   ~ Charles Dickens

        ~ 1812-1870

Travelers draw near the historic Wehr’s Covered Bridge, Orefield, Pennsylvania, festooned in Christmas lights as it sparkles with the joy of Christmastime on a December evening a few days before Christmas in this rich tone monochrome shot. Remnants of a snowfall that blanketed the region with 11.3 inches of snow a week before still cover the ground that surrounds the bridge.

 

Wehr’s Covered Bridge is an historic wooden covered bridge located in Covered Bridge Park in South Whitehall Township. It is a three span, 117-foot-long, Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1841. It has horizontal siding and a gable roof. It crosses the Jordan Creek and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.The nearby Wehr’s Dam was built in 1904.

 

This beautiful bridge has seen travelers for 179 Christmastimes, but the true beauty is the reason and meaning of the season - the birth of Christ - which is timeless and remains the same.

 

Merry Christmas, Happy Christmas everyone!

Fired Up For Christmas ...

“My favorite color is Christmas lights.”

The Cetronia Volunteer Fire Department is festooned and “fired up” for Christmas as Christmas lights frame the building with the holiday spirit in the Borough of Cetronia, Allentown, Pennsylvania on a mid-December evening.

Cetronia Volunteer Fire Department is located at 3950 Broadway, Allentown. It operates 1 Engine Company, 1 Rescue Engine, 1 Ladder Tower, and 1 Utility. It responds to about 700 calls a year ranging from vehicle accidents to working dwelling fires. Currently, the firehouse has about 25-30 active volunteers dedicating time not only to running calls, but training, fire prevention, and house work. The department meets every Monday night at 6 p.m. for its weekly drill. Stop by anytime the doors are open for a tour or an application.

The department’s 2019 Santa Run will take place December 21. Starting with a departure from the firehouse at 10 a.m., Santa will be escorted around the department’s first-due area by its fleet of fire trucks and its members.