Florida Christmas

Florida Christmas. That's almost an oxymoron. Well, for Northerners it definitely is one!

It was raining here on Christmas. And we had a tornado watch in effect for most of the day.

The Christmas parade was last week. There were plenty of fire trucks, motorcycles, and clowns, including local politicians. Some of the marchers gave out candy, beaded necklaces and the most memorable of all, snowballs. They gave out snowballs at the Christmas Parade in Pinellas County Florida! They looked like the ice that forms in the freezer when it needs to be defrosted, but my son said it was not simply crushed ice. They must have added something the water to raise the melting point temperature, so they wouldn't melt immediately!

And a few nights ago we went to the Winter Campfire and Cookout for the cubscouts. We met at a farm where they raise Belgian horses and Jack Russel terriers. The campfire was blazing. The air temperature was close to 80 degrees. We gathered around the campfire (not too closely) and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and drank hot chocolate. We sang Christmas carols in a wagon drawn by 2 Belgian horses.

In Florida, we do everything they do up north, except it's much warmer. And we only have snow at parades and ice skating rinks. Yes, we have ice skating here. You can ice skate at the mall! The mall is air conditioned and it's coldest near the rink. It's a really refreshing activity, especially in July!

Also, the day before Christmas Eve, I went to the beach. Two days before Christmas and I went to the beach! It was a little cloudy, But about 75 degrees. I saw some kids swimming. I myself, bravely dipped my feet in the water. It wasn't ice cold. The beach wasn't crowded, so it was a great day for the beach. I figure the other Florida residents were at the mall, probably shopping, not even ice skating!

Oxy moron. Extra Strength idiot? No! My unabridged dictionary tells me it is from Greek, Oxy means sharp and Moron means dull. So it is an oxymoron, a combination of opposite or contradictory terms.