{"id":11959,"date":"2022-12-26T15:56:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T20:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=11959"},"modified":"2022-12-26T15:56:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T20:56:15","slug":"a-not-very-florida-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/26\/a-not-very-florida-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A not-very-Florida Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The high temperature on Christmas Day in Ft Myers was 51. The low was 39. The resort groundskeeper covered the flowering plants to prevent damage. People walked dogs in winter parkas and mittens. Rusty didn&#8217;t want to go out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely not your typical Florida Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have a lot of Christmas spirit, but, fortunately, others did. I did help Marlene decorate her tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_204632.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_204632-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_204632-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_204632-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_204632-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221212_204632.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Resort decorations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221216_205022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221216_205022-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221216_205022-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221216_205022-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221216_205022-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221216_205022.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Art Center tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221219_175843.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221219_175843-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221219_175843-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221219_175843-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221219_175843-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221219_175843.jpg 851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Marlene&#8217;s tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The high temperature on Christmas Day in Ft Myers was 51. The low was 39. The resort groundskeeper covered the flowering plants to prevent damage. People walked dogs in winter parkas and mittens. Rusty didn&#8217;t want to go out. Definitely not your typical Florida Christmas. 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