My aunt from the Windy City, which is covered in snow right now, poised a question the other day that got me thinking: “What does Christmas look like in paradise?!”
Truthfully winter in San Diego looks exactly the same as it does anywhere else. The biggest difference is that you can walk around in shorts and a t-shirt during the day! Besides the 65 degree sunny weather the California Christmas it is not unlike any other season.
Coming from the Bible Belt, it’s not unusual to see every house on a street deck out from driveway to rooftop in decorations and lights carefully and beautifully executed. In San Diego the lights seem to be thrown on the houses in a very hasty Cali fashion. Something else I noticed is that none of the houses here are symmetrical! Every house has an weird, uneven shape and no two are alike. So most of the sloppy lights look odd either way!
But no matter your location, Christmas is what you make of it. It’s not about lights on houses, presents under trees, or a reef on the door. Christmas is about time spent fellowshiping with family, friends, and Christ.
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. ~W.T. Ellis
So Fly In My Bow Tie 