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It???s coffee talk time on Florida???s Turnpike again
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelAs they did on Thanksgiving,??rest stops on??Florida???s Turnpike will offer free coffee for overnight Christmas and New Year's travelers to encourage ???safety breaks.??? Road construction will also pause during some of the most heavily traveled days....Tags: Chicago Tribune, Manufacturing and Engineering, Florida Highway Patrol, Pompano Beach, Traffic
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Budget hearings conflict with Jewish holidays
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIt's unimaginable that any Florida governmental agency would schedule an important meeting for 5:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. In South Florida, where there's a sizable Jewish population, it should be just as unimaginable to hold big budget hearings at...Tags: Rosh Hashanah, Everglades, South Florida Water Management District, Florida, West Palm Beach
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Fort Christmas celebrates holidays with annual Cracker Christmas festival
Sitting in a rocking chair, basking in the quiet of a lovely fall afternoon at Fort Christmas Historical Park in east Orange County, I almost believe that I could have been a pioneer settler. Then, I look at the primitive appliances in the kitchen and...
Tags: Holidays, Santa Claus (fictional character), Music, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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Chefs gear up for Eat Local Week
From downtown Orlando, a 200-mile market basket takes a wide sweep north toward Gainesville, circles beyond Tampa to the west and Micco to the east and goes as far south as Clewiston. The loop takes in a generous portion of the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Lake Okeechobee, Seafood, Consumers, Atlantic Ocean
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Offers to help charity theft victim flood in
Last weekend, Stephanie Bowman experienced the ugly side of humanity when thieves robbed her Orlando charity of a 12-foot trailer — and the hundreds of Christmas toys for needy children that were inside.
Now Bowman is experiencing the holiday flip...Tags: Fiction, Charity, Theft, Orlando
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Show Kids raising funds for trip
The Washington County Show Kids, under the direction of Brenda Cauffman, will travel to Florida in February to compete in Twirl Mania at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex The girls will be entered in individual events, dance twirl teams and...Tags: PG Rated Movies, Holidays, Music, Arts and Culture, Movies
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Florida enters wacky 'War on Christmas'
It's been about a decade since the so-called "War on Christmas" began.
Obviously, Christmas has been ruined ever since.
Yes, ever since people and stores started saying things like "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," true Christmas-lovers...Tags: Holidays, Gary Siplin, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Stephen R. Wise
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Holiday of snowmen and Santa inspires that ol' smarty-pants style down South
"The sun is shining, the grass is green, the orange and palm trees sway." We may seldom hear those introductory lines to Irving Berlin's holiday anthem "White Christmas," but that's how the song begins.
The scene supposedly is California—in...Tags: Holidays, Martha Washington, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Christmas
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Holiday concert planned Sunday
Hands of Harmony, a choir that interprets music through the use of sign language, will present a Christmas concert Sunday, beginning at 3 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Trinity, at 17805 Oak Ridge Drive. Light refreshments will be provided following the...Tags: Christianity, Holidays, Religion and Belief, Music, Entertainment
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Rudolph's keeps Christmas elves well fed
It's a Central Florida tradition. Load up the car with your holiday cards and packages and head to the little post office in the east Orange County town of Christmas. The local postmark is just one more way to remind family and friends with a wink and a...Tags: Santa Claus (fictional character), Wars and Interventions, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Native Americans, Restaurants
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Go tropical for the holidays with these events in the Florida Keys
Unless something really goes crazy, it won't be a white Christmas in Florida, but the Sunshine State still offers unique opportunities to celebrate the holidays in a tropical way.
In the Florida Keys and Key West, the latter only about 90 miles north...Tags: Key Largo, Henry Flagler, Santa Claus (fictional character), International Travel, Entertainment
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