it is getting chilly in florida because i am planing on coming down. you know i am having a great run of luck. palm christmas trees are pretty. you should visit the philipines this time of year. > -----Original Message----- > From: Elizabeth Hill Thiers [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 7:34 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Christmas greetings! > > Climbs through the windows? > > It can be sometimes hard to get into the spirit when the temperature was > in > the 80's until this weekend. It's now in the 60's getting into the 40's > at > night so it's a little easier. I lived in Northeast Ohio for my first 17 > years and remember well chillbains and frostbite and scraping snow off the > windshield. My first trip to Florida was over my senior winter break. It > was -19 F in Cleveland and 50 in Florida, I was in shorts and a t-shirt. > Now 50 is pretty chilly for me. > > Christmas here has some strange incongruities. In the early intervention > I > work at, kids are singing of Jingle Bells and Rudolph and Letting it Snow. > However, palm trees are very pretty when they are lit up. > > Elizabeth Thiers, OTR > email: [log in to unmask] > homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html > > ---------- > > From: Kyle E Cleveland <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Christmas greetings! > > Date: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 8:21 AM > > > > Okay, Elizabeth, my five year-old Anna and I can buy that, but she wants > > to know how he gets into the houses without chimneys? > > > > Seriously, is it hard to get into the "Christmas Spirit" when the > > weather is delightful? Part of the magic is shopping in crappy weather. > > > > Elizabeth Hill Thiers wrote: > > > > > > Didn't you know Kyle, down here Santa Claus comes down in boat pulled > by > > > dolphins and spends the rest of the winter at little town called > Christmas. > > > > > > Elizabeth Thiers, OTR > > > email: [log in to unmask] > > > homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html > > > > > > ---------- > > > > From: Kyle E Cleveland <[log in to unmask]> > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Subject: Re: Christmas greetings! > > > > Date: Monday, December 14, 1998 11:10 AM > > > > > > > > (and it WAS wierd to see all the Xmas decorations on the palm > > > > trees), > > > > -Kyle