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Originally Posted by Pairadocs

My "former" state was Florida, and I definitely NEVER "diss" it, I did live in Illinois (and several others during my career, and am guilty of "dissing" the others. Illinois never met a tax it didn't like, including state income tax. Same for several of the others. No I never have "dissed" Florida, but when I spent a few years away, I sure did MISS it, that's for sure. One thing that others might find interesting if they are from much colder states and if they happen to be Christian. During my years out of Florida Christmas was never the same. It was really difficult to think of the birth of Christ in a location with snow, giant deciduous trees, freezing temperatures, every possible opposite of the actual event...but, we managed knowing sand and palm trees were not the focus of that night, but the sight of a manager, set in a location that looked more like a ski resort than Bethlehem was just very "different", but obviously folks celebrate around the world regardless of any relationship to the actual climate location of the event !

Snow and cold goes perfectly with the whole Santa North Pole thing.