Christmas in Florida

Christmas in Florida? I don't recommend it unless, like me, you enjoy winter sports and are experiencing a serious lack of precipi-
tation. In that case, you might consider taking a week to visit your mom in her retirement community and go saltwater diving in the

Gulf of Mexico; or spend a late night carousing around St. Petersburg with boys in pink shirts and visit the Dali Museum the next day; or spot a Sasquatch while 'shrooming in the cow fields of Gainsville, Florida. And if you are silly-headed enough to drive over 3,000 miles to Florida and back, be sure to stop for some fireworks before reaching NYC for New Year's Eve. By the time you return to Vermont, you may be lucky to find some white-capped mountains to welcome you home.