True.

My wife has a friend that lives in New Zealand. It always, without fail, blows my mind when every year, in her Christmas card, she relays how they plan to have a bbq on the beach, or some other such warm weather event, on Christmas day. To me...it's completely alien.

We had our first tropical Christmas here this year... it was odd to be sweating but ultimately it was all about being with my family.

I had six christmases in Ft. Lauderdale. Thought it was cool at the time. Took holiday card photos from the hot tub and everything. Now that I'm in Michigan I enjoy the seasonality. Guess I go with the flow. Whatever.

I do miss the pool and hot tub. It's just not the same up here when you can only use the pool for three months. That pool in FL was like an addition on the house!