babble » blogs » Strollerderby
Strollerderby
It was a White Christmas in the Florida Keys
For the first time in recorded history, a Florida Keys family’s dreams of a White Christmas came true.
Howard and Cyndi Livingston sent their grandson out to play in the snow right on the ocean in the place where it hasn’t snowed in the one hundred thirty-nine years the Weather Service has kept track of weather patterns.
Six-year-old Michael Walker and his buddies have the Weather Channel to thank. Walker’s grandparents, the Livingstons, won the Guaranteed White Christmas contest from the TV channel. They had twenty tons of ice crushed and dropped on their ocean-front home to give their house a White Christmas.
And a bunch of Keys kids got out in shorts and t-shirts, with a rare pair of gloves in the mix, to play in the white stuff.
The irony of watching all those kids over the moon for some snow? I live in a white wonderland and my kid was stuck inside all day – thanks in part to a freezing rain storm that came through just after we finished up Christmas dinner, but as much because it was just another day in New York State for her.
White Christmases, it seems, are wasted on a lot of us. Did your kids go out to play in the snow for the holiday, or did they prefer indoors with the Wii?
Image: allie caulfield via flickr
More by this author:
Joslyn Gray 
Amber Doty 
Julianna Miner 
Monica Bielanko 
Sierra Black 
Meredith Carroll 
Carolyn Castiglia 
Sunny Chanel 
Madeline Holler 
Wendy Michaels 
Rebecca Odes 
Danielle Smith 
Danielle Sullivan 
Katherine Stone 
The Walt Disney Company supports Babble as a platform dedicated to honest, engaged, informed, intelligent and open conversation about parenting. However, the opinions expressed on this site are those of individual parents/writers and do not reflect the views of Disney. In addition, content provided on this site is for entertainment or informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or safety advice.
0