And so this is Christmas . . .

The temperature is above 80. The girls and I went down to the Lake yesterday and sat in the sun on the beach. We had a picnic of blueberries and tangerines and some coldcuts. They were dressed in shorts and tank tops. When the church kids come for their "fun club" this afternoon, they are all going to want to play outside on the playground. A woman doing community service at our church almost passed out this morning from heat exhaustion after working on the playground, raking pine needles. I'm wearing a very thin 3/4 sleeve shirt and am sweating here in the office. The golf courses are full. I'm wondering if I shouldn't go turn the A/C on. I've got it running at my house so it will be cool when I return. The ladies around here are dressed in short-sleeved snowflake printed shirts. And the lights are glowing each night around the palm trees. And so this is Christmas.