From the Land Where Palm Trees Sway…
“…here we know that Christmas will be green and bright. The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night.”
Hi friends! It’s winter time in Florida and those tropical Christmas lyrics are from ‘Mele Kalikimaka’ (Hawaiian Christmas Song) by Bing Crosby. I know I’m not in Hawaii, but the lyrics always remind me of the Christmas season in Florida.
Mother Nature sure has been a lot nicer to us than some of our friends in the Northeast. There is so much snow out there! I’ve only seen snow about three times in my life, and each of those times it snowed only a couple inches or so. Those snow flurries sure were exciting though! It’s a little embarrassing, but when the temperature drops into the 70′s, that is sweater weather to me.
Yesterday, my mom and I made a trip to our favorite local produce stand, Orange Blossom Groves. They changed the name of the location a few years ago to Citrus Country Groves, but the old name has always stuck.
In addition to the bountiful arrangement of fresh produce, Orange Blossom Groves also has a lot of Salt Water Taffy and funky knick-knacks throughout their store.
They also have amazing orange soft serve ice cream, but this time, a specialty flavor caught my eye…. Eggnog Ice Cream!
The ice cream was so good! Eggnog ice cream is definitely my new favorite treat. 
Now it’s time to go buy groceries and start my Christmas shopping.
At what temperature do you start feeling cold? Mine is the high 70s!
I wish it was in the 70′s here.
Eggnog ice cream sounds so good!
Awe I love all the photos!
haha
I had to sing that Christmas song in a Christmas concert in Elementary school once
Gahh this makes me super jealous – I’m currently trapped inside under 25 inches of snow
or more! Haha, oh well – I can look at your pictures and feel better. I love the little knick-knacks, how adorable!
Hope you’re having a beautiful holiday week
Love,
Meg
AHH looks wonderful there in the Sunshine State! I will be making my way to FL come February. I agree though 70 degrees is “sweater weather” and once it gets to the low 60′s 50′s I move to my winter Jacket! Last night-today we got record breaking 1.5 feet of snow!! AHH That store looks like so much fun!! Enjoy the Sunshine girl! <3
I have to admit, I’d take your sunny weather over this crazy snow anyday!!! It just doesn’t stop here in Wisconsin. And yes, we will have piles of snow until the end of May. It’s CRAZY!
Haha, I totally agree with you on the cold. I thrive in mid-80*F weather!
xxoo
Heather
egg nog ice cream!!! since moving to l.a. my blood has thinned – i used to be able to really tolerate east coast weather but now i get chilly at about 70 degrees.
Oh my goodness…I want, no NEED, that egg nog ice cream!! Care to send some my way?!?
I also want your weather, lucky girl!
Funny you should say you feel cold mid 70s. I lived in vegas for 5 years and in the summer when it went from 120-130 during the day to 90s at night, I wore sweats at night to walk the dog since I found it to be very cold out. The temp might be warm, but it is the temp difference that you really feel. If it cools 40 degrees, you feel cold at 90. Or at least I do! Glad you are enjoying the warm weather.
Oh girl I am so incredibly jealous of you in sunny Florida right now, I can hardly stand it! lol Here in NYC we’ve just been hit by a blizzard and it’s not going to get out of the low 30′s all week!!!
I can’t even tell you how jealous I am of your Florida Christmas, as I lay here posting in a fleece jacket and heated blanket. Enjoy it for me, lovely girl!
Egg not ice cream looks great!
OHH boy girlie, you’ve got it good. 70′s and cold?? Noooo come to Chicago!!! People here are weird, we get cold easily and bitch about it all the time, but we can tolerate up to -50 weather with windchill…It’s getting there REALLY soon. Right now we’re at about uhhhh zero?
I get cold around 30….But i can eat ice-cream any time any day, no matter what temperature it is outside! hahah
-10 for me! lol I’m a canadian girl!
WOW–quite the little market! Great fruits and eggnog ice cream? Ummm, yes please!
<3 jess
xoxo
lol these posts are killin me!! im so glad youre enjoying yourself!
I couldn’t imagine spending Christmas in a warm climate, I’ve always associated Christmas with cold and snow.
SO JEALOUS!!! we just got hit by a snow storm and I am currently wearing sweatshirt and sweatpants inside my house booo I wish I was out on the beach enjoying eggnog icecream!!!
enjoy your time girl!
I’m pretty jealous of your sun although our winter hasn’t been as brutal as some years so far.
Ice cream sounds divine!
snow 3 times?! that is crazy!! i actually love snow
xoxo
shelley
eggnog ice cream!!? now that sure does sound great
Lucky! All of our markets are closed right now since it’s too cold thanks to winter. Egg nog ice cream? yum!