It’s here.
The end of November,
the beginning of December.
The temperature finally drops to
a bone-chilling 68°.
So cold.
However will we stay warm?

After months of crippling heat
celebrate the tiniest glimpse
of cold, decking lamp posts with
festive snowflakes,
mocking that the last time
it snowed was
a tiny flurry of
frost back in 2008.

What we lack in the area
of an actual White Christmas
we make up in spirit,
with houses,
apartment complexes,
parks and entire streets
covered in twinkling lights
as soon as December arrives,
bringing back the magic
of the holidays
we all knew as children.

So maybe it’s not a
White Christmas here in Florida,
and our winters are about as cold
as some summers up north,
but early winter means magic here,
and everywhere,
even though most of us
are still wearing shorts.