{"id":21747,"date":"2025-03-23T16:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/nicht-kategorisiert\/weihnachten\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T13:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:40:19","slug":"christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/en\/emigrate-usa\/christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Florida: Merry Christmas under palm trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uag-hide-mob uagb-block-c9b0e361 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e37dfe0fc8507ca3a85deddc058d6362 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);font-size:48px;letter-spacing:10px;text-transform:none\"><strong>EXCURSIONS USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uag-hide-desktop uag-hide-tab uagb-block-5c09895b alignfull uagb-is-root-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1ff82aa21bbde8566d80c32bee378f81 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-size:18px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:none\"><strong>EXCURSIONS USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-924cd09b alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-941507ad\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christmas in Florida &#8211; Merry Christmas under palm trees<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas in Florida\" class=\"wp-image-6594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-340x180.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-768x407.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christmas in Florida is much nicer than you would imagine in an \u201cEndless Summer\u201d country.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">Florida and Christmas is like <strong>summer vacation and snow<\/strong>? Far from it. Even if the Christmas lights here are hung over palm trees rather than fir trees, it is <strong>still very Christmassy<\/strong> in the Sunshine State. Especially when evening falls and the lights come on, the Christmas spirit comes alive. Because the sea of lights in some places is a sight to behold. And a <strong>boat parade <\/strong>is very special.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More fairy lights than in Germany<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taste or not, there is something to it &#8211; most of the time. People hang <strong>up to a quarter of a million fairy lights<\/strong> over their own gardens. Inflatable Santas, snowmen, reindeer and entire nativity scenes are set up in front gardens. During the day, the poor things lie collapsed on the lawn waiting for the next night. There is a lot of kitsch when it comes to Christmas decorations, but every now and then there is also a stylish decoration. Just like here, the houses are lit up with fairy lights from the end of November.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the time of <strong>Thanksgiving<\/strong>, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November and is probably the most important holiday for Americans. This is when families come together to celebrate a big feast. In Florida, the Christmas tree has its raison d&#8217;\u00eatre long before the festive season. It often shines in living rooms throughout Advent. And it is not a palm tree, but a fir with much denser needles than the domestic selection in Germany. It is also said to be prepared, so much so that it no longer even burns.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-Christmas season with summer temperatures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, you have to do without the <strong>stuffed boots<\/strong> on December 6 in Florida, because Santa Claus simply doesn&#8217;t exist here. Instead, the \u201cHoliday Boat Parades\u201d take place in the towns on the waterfront during the Advent season. The festively decorated boat parades sometimes attract tens of thousands of visitors. It is also still customary here to send Christmas cards to relatives who are often far away. There can be quite a long wait at the post office before it&#8217;s your turn.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Merry (short) Christmas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Americans, \u201c<strong>Christmas Eve<\/strong>\u201d on December 24 does not play such a big role. People are often still at work. People traditionally go to church on Christmas Eve. Church services are also held at dusk on the beaches. This is followed by a communal dinner.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December 25 is <strong>Christmas Day<\/strong> and therefore the actual Christmas Day. This is also where presents are given &#8211; not by the Christ Child and not by Santa Claus. The welcome gift-giver is called Santa Claus and comes down the chimney overnight, which hardly anyone in Florida has. He fills the previously hung stockings, i.e. socks, with presents.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An old custom is for children to put a glass of milk and cookies in the living room for the old man the evening before. In the evening, the typical Christmas dinner is turkey, just like Thanksgiving dinner. Christmas Day is one of the official holidays in the USA. This means that stores, restaurants and parks are closed on December 25. <strong>On December 26, everything is already over<\/strong> because there is no second Christmas Day.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amazing Christmas show with 150,000 lights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">We saw this Christmas show from <strong>Planet Monkman<\/strong> in Cape Coral. The facts: One hour music show with 150,000 lights powered by a 22 mile power line. Amazing!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-boldblocks-youtube-block aligncenter\"><div id=\"yb-video-lJ8IWEzWAgk\" class=\"yb-player\" data-video-id=\"lJ8IWEzWAgk\" data-title=\"Play\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/lJ8IWEzWAgk\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"yb-btn-play\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play<\/span><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"yb-caption\">Amazing Christmas show with 150,000 lights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida and Christmas is like summer vacation and snow? Far from it. Even if the Christmas lights here are hung over palm trees rather than fir trees, it is still very Christmassy in the Sunshine State. Especially when evening falls and the lights come on, the Christmas spirit comes alive. Because the sea of lights in some places is a sight to behold. And a boat parade is very special.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"disabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emigrate-usa"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-Christmas.jpg",368,468,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-Christmas-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-Christmas-157x200.jpg",157,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-Christmas.jpg",368,468,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-Christmas.jpg",368,468,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-Christmas.jpg",368,468,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-Christmas.jpg",368,468,false],"crp_thumb_small":["https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-Christmas-340x200.jpg",340,200,true],"crp_thumb_large":["https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Auswandern-Weihnachten-Christmas.jpg",368,468,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Angela Struck","author_link":"https:\/\/www.florida-scout.com\/en\/author\/florido\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Florida and Christmas is like summer vacation and snow? 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