In Florida things are more casual. In The Villages, at wakes, people usually try to look a little more spruced and less casual than usual. They remove their golf visors and usually wear pedal pushers rather than shorts if they are female and many gentlemen will opt for a golf shirt and long pants.
In The Villages you can usually tell a newbie by her longer hair and high heels and her male companion by his loafers with no socks. A true Villager wears shorts almost all of the time except for December and January when they wear warm stuff and jackets and sweaters and shoes that cover their toes.
There have sadly been no gatherings for celebration of life when a person passes during this Pandemic that I know of. Families are delaying these ceremonies until it is no longer dangerous to gather, even for this very supportive and caring event.
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