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…or how we went looking for Christmas in Florida and found it here:

Christmas is not just at the North Pole we discovered.

and here:

Florida Christmas.

Christmas at the space centre.

and here:

Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus……

Macy’s Christmas parade at Universal Studios.

and we made up our own kind of Christmas with family at the vacation rental in Cape Canaveral:

Couldn’t decide which was the prettier option so we decorated both the pineapple and the potted basil.

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: a penguin in a basil tree.

….or a monkey in a pineapple tree.

Jury-rigged Christmas at Cape Canaveral

Now this morning, Christmas morning, I am sitting at Long Point Park campground at Melbourne Beach Florida, missing the bustle of family. A night heron slips through a gap in the mangroves,

Just passing through.

and like a ballet dancer with a groin injury, takes a few hesitant steps before it disappears back into the greenery.

Yes it is a very different Christmas here in Florida. The camper bathtub is full of oranges and limes, a limb of the Christmas Basil tree has been sacrificed for our breakfast omelette (made with red and green peppers to make it seasonal) and a box of Ethel M liqueur chocolates is calling me from across the camper. I resist for now. I Loves Christmas anywhere!!

© Judy Parsons 2014