Palm trees wave, are you listenin'?

[1monster]

[RebelOne]

1. I don't envy anyone living in Florida.

Been there, done that for too many years. I prefer living in a cold winter wonderland.

[1monster]

2. Well, I lived up north the first 18 years of my life and cold literally HURTS me...

possibly Raynaud's phenomenon. After just a few minutes in temps below 30 degrees, the center of my gloved or mittened hands start to have a burning sensation, like a red hot poker has just gone through them. Feet then start to hurt and go numb in a relatively short period.

Cold winter wonderlands may be incredibly beautiful, but for me are torture. So, Florida is a paradise in my eyes.

Merry Christmas to you with your beautiful snowy cold... I'll just be decorating the palmetto trees (bushes) in weather that only goes below 45 degrees a few times a winter.

[RebelOne]

3. I am in North Georgia and the temps today are in the mid-30s.

And may reach the middle 40s by 4 p.m. And just as cold for Christmas with temps in the low 20s in the morning. But I love it. We only get one or two snowfalls a year and I rejoice when it happens. But it doesn't stick around for long.

When I lived in Miami, there was one winter that the temp went down to 15 degrees. I still laugh when I remember seeing all the cars lined up at the service stations to get anti-freeze.

[1monster]

6. When it snows here (very, very rarely), all the bridges close, so if you are on the wrong

side of the river, inlet, or bay, you are stuck.

But then we have no salt or sand trucks, no snow plows, no snow tires, and no snow plans down here.

[TBF]

4. It is in the cool 40s here in Houston -

I'd definitely prefer Florida today.

[1monster]

7. It cool here today too. I think the high is supposed to be about 60.

[Tobin S.]

5. Get back to me in July.

[1monster]

8. There's nothing so wonderful in the world as lying in a hammock in the sun in the

summer heat... It sinks into the bones and feels wonderful...

However, one can always go back inside to air conditioning.

I will grant that August and September can be darned uncomfortable when a tropical storm or hurricane takes out the electricity... Skin gets so super heated that the unheated water in the shower is a major shock to the system.

[CFLDem]

9. It is nice having your next vacation just outside your front door.