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For someone who has traveled the world a great deal, this time of year, December, presents an interesting "reality". Perhaps you can relate.

In the southern end of Florida, this time of year is typically warm, sunny and very temperate in climate. In Kansas City, for example, the temps are likely to be in the 30's (F), in Chicago perhaps in the teens (F), though, as they say in the midwest, "Don't like the weather? Just wait a minute and it will change."

Well as the weather god would have it, just in time for the annual sale of Christmas trees, south Florida has had temperatures dip into the 30's (F) and 40's (F) and deliver what this author calls "Christmas Crisp". It's something he remembers from a San Joaquin Valley (California) childhood, or a Grenoble, France sabbatical year (his dad's), or an every-five-year-family-reunion in the old homeland of Humboldt County (California). South Florida does not generally enjoy cool, let alone "crisp, cold weather".

What makes all these ruminations "relative" is that for those in Perth, W.A., Australia or São Paulo, Brazil, or any number of other parts of the world near or south of the equator, this time of year is absolutely NOT "Christmas Crisp". Rather, it's something like "Holiday Hot" or "Bethlehem at the Beach" or something else that combines the Christian holiday and celebration of the birth of Christ with weather that is (pun intended) the polar opposite of what is happening in North America, Europe or Northern Asia.

So, no matter where you are, and whether you are enjoying "crisp", cold weather or hot, temperate or blazing temperatures, the hope from this part of the world, is that you will enjoy all the blessings and celebrations possible this Christmas. Whether you celebrate His birth, or prefer a different religious or year-end celebration, what matters is that you enjoy it, celebrate it, and look forward to 2011 with optimism, good health, happiness and peace of mind.

All the best, and thanks for reading. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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