[GLS2010]

i LOVE when it gets cold in FL, its way better than 90+ temps and 90+ humidity =D. i loved this past winter, i miss it, cause now its back in the upper 80s, high humidity and storms. ahh SAVE ME. =[

[vpcats]

Originally Posted by TANaples

When I was a little kid and went to summer camp, we used to have Christmas in July. We would put up decorations, trim tree, sing caroles, give presents -- then go for a swim. I thought it was a dumb idea as a 10 year old. Little did I know half a century later I would be celebrating the REAL December Christmas with the same trappings and wardrobe. I feel the same way today as I did as a 10 year old -- it's dumb. Sorry, guys.

You know when I lived in Peru, my first year there was bad because everything was different for me and I could not understand a lot of the customs and culture. The biggest blow was Christmas time. Peak of summer over there. I put up a raggedy tree and was wearing shorts and tank tops and it was the weirdest feeling, not dumb, but weird. But it was only weird to me who had grown up in NY and was always freezing cold at that time of the year. I've been in Florida for 12 years and a shorts and tank top Christmas season is still strange, but not dumb.

Some things are just different in different parts of the world. That does not make them any less imortant or less valid for those people for whom it's normal.

[BlueWillowPlate]

For our neck of the woods:
Weather Underground is predicting lows in the 30's for Monday and Tuesday.
Cover those tomato plants!

[TNRyan23]

You have some cold weather headed you way...



After a week of 70's here, A cold front is moving through, high tomorrow is 41 low is in the mid 20's and they're predicting snow in the morning and or overnight...

[gypsychic]

Originally Posted by TNRyan23

You have some cold weather headed you way...



After a week of 70's here, A cold front is moving through, high tomorrow is 41 low is in the mid 20's and they're predicting snow in the morning and or overnight...

YES!!! I read the weather report, we are in for a gorgeous week down here in Sarasota....

[RiWrites]

I don't mind when it gets cold here because that is about the only change of seasons we have in Florida.

[tilli]

Here it is all the same. Nothing ever changes.

Not true. The seasons are more subtle but they are there.

[Suncoast Guy]

I think today's high of 67, while it is a nice change, it's still COLD!!

[RiWrites]

A cold front is definitely here. I have the windows open because I love the cooler weather. And it is cheaper than running the a/c.

[beachmouse]

Originally Posted by vpcats

The biggest blow was Christmas time. Peak of summer over there. I put up a raggedy tree and was wearing shorts and tank tops and it was the weirdest feeling, not dumb, but weird. But it was only weird to me who had grown up in NY and was always freezing cold at that time of the year. I've been in Florida for 12 years and a shorts and tank top Christmas season is still strange, but not dumb.

If you think about it, Florida's Christmas weather is very authentic. The weather in Orlando in December is far closer to December weather in Bethlehem, Israel than the Christmas weather in Chicago or New York City ever will be.

We've just been brainwashed by Bing Crosby and Victorian novelists to think that snow everywhere is how Christmas is supposed to be when it's actually not terribly historically accurate.