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Resplendent
with color, the gauds of ornamental trinketry glow in the
pellucid Florida winter air, illuminated crimson by ... Yow! Brake
lights! Whydidthatdriverjuststopinthemiddleoftheroadfornoreason?! Yes, 'tis
the season for our  colorful out-of-state license plate invasion
(although that Ontario tag could use a splash of color). Drive well, our
winter vistors, or as Tiger Woods might say, " He who drives well in
fairway does not always fare well in driveway." Putting the
"TI" in "tinsel" was our annual Holiday Lighted Boat
Parade, a guaranteed driveway clogger at waterfront homes with
boat parade parties. Our floating ornamental trinketry sailed from the TI
Yacht & Tennis Club last Monday the 14th (postponed a day due to sea
fog - you could really see fog) and you can watch the parade on You Tube here .
Stroll
with the roly-poly guy in the red suit
 Merrymakers stroll through the streets of Sunset
Beach, caroling and sharing holiday cheer at neighbor's "merriment
stops" along the way at the 3rd annual Holiday Stroll, Sunday, December 20th.
(We'd like to go record right
now as being in favor of year-round
merriment stops.) Decorate your pets, yourself, bicycles, scooters, those
beer coolers on wheels, that neighbor who hates your cats and
join the stroll starting at 4pm at the Sunset Beach Pavilion. You can find
a map of the stroll here in the Sunset Beach Civic Association
December newsletter.
Boxing
Day trash pickup
We
always thought Boxing Day
was the day after Christmas when you put all those cardboard boxes out by
the curb for the trash man to pick up. Whoa! We've learned otherwise
(it's a tradition of giving seasonal gifts, in the form of a
"Christmas box" to less wealthy people, celebrated in the UK,
Australia, Canada and a few other places, according to wikipedia) but we
weren't that far off the mark. On Saturday,
December 26th you can indeed put your boxes and trash out for collection
(no pickup on Friday the 25th). Same goes for Friday, January 1st trash pickup
- it gets bumped to Saturday the 2nd.
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