Tyler the Dachshund Sings to Santa's Firetruck Sirens (2 short videos) and Teaches What "NOEL" means

 Our 10 year old Dachshund Tyler has a thing with sirens. He sings to them. Well, actually, he howls!  In today's blog you'll see 2 videos taken in the minutes our local fire department came down our street with trucks, sirens and Santa... and you'll hear Tyler howling! (Tyler will also teach you about the word "Noel" in today's blog). So, enjoy his experience and learn from Tyler. >>>

Every year, our city's fire department makes Christmas a little more fun for everyone. They have Santa dress up and ride atop a fire truck, all decorated for Christmas. The Santa truck is preceded by another fire truck (also decorated), and this year they were playing christmas songs. They run the sirens as they drive through all of the neighborhoods (between 6:30 pm and 8:30pm). 

Tyler howls to sirens, so when we all stood outside on the front porch of our house, Tyler let loose to sing to Santa!  

VIDEO#1: THE APPROACH (17 seconds) : https://youtu.be/h2sjawg1lIY

VIDEO #2 (1 minute): SANTA DRIVES BY: https://youtu.be/BkFm8A7M8is

TYLER TEACHES YOU ABOUT THE WORD "NOEL"-  Since Tyler can read, he consulted with Dictionary Com, who helped out. Tyler learned Noel is another word for Christmas.

However, the word Noel is often used only in a religious context. It’s possible for people to wish each other a Happy Noel, but the word is perhaps most commonly seen written on things like Christmas cards and decorations.

The word can also be used to refer to a Christmas carol or song (in which case it is not capitalized), but is no longer commonly used this way. Fittingly, most people know the word from the popular Christmas carol “The First Noel.”

The first records of the word Noel in English come from the early 1800s. It comes from French Nöel—the French way of saying “Merry Christmas” is Joyeux Noël. The word derives from Latin word nātālis (diēs), meaning “birthday.” Another name for Christmas is Nativity. Both Nativity and Noel reference the birth of Jesus and ultimately come from the Latin verb nāscī, meaning “to be born.” The English word natal (meaning “relating to a person’s birth”) is also based on this root.