Visualizing Christmas

So, this is the first Christmas I've ever had where there isn't snow, cold, and the surrounding abundance of Christmas decorations. Don't worry. This doesn't mean there is no display of Christmas. There are lights on palm trees and houses and BYU has a really grand light display at it's entrance and a great nativities around campus. But the warmer weather and sandy beaches does make it a very different sort of flavor for Christmas. I say warmer weather instead of warm weather because at night it does drop down sometimes to a whopping 70 degrees and I get cold. This may seem ridiculous to all of you who are fighting 30 degrees or less and some frigid winds. But when you've been in the warm weather so long, your body heat regulation gets lazy from lack of extremes and your blood thins so that your cold temperature tolerance scurries away. I still wear flip flops around town but have donned my socks and added a blanket for several cooler nights. That said, it is a wonderful time of year to be here with wonderful people and events going on. Despite the differences in scenery, it is definitely still Christmas and I've made a little Hawaiian style song to commemorate the most important parts. They are, as you know, constant anywhere you go. I hope you like it.