Geneva’s Santa House, which helps create memories for thousands of children around Christmas time, just happened to be out of storage recently when Geneva Fire Chief Steve Olson noticed something was wrong.

He might not have seen it if the Santa House wasn’t out in the open. It’s usually stored at the city’s public works building.

“For some reason, it had been pulled out to make room for something else,” Olson said. “Deputy Chief (Jerry) Koster and I were out there and we both noticed there was some damage to the roof.”