GOING to the Florida this year during the Christmas season can only be achieved via land if you haven’t booked any domestic or international flight yet. Booking a flight or even a hotel suite in this global state needs to take at least two months before one’s actual arrival and stay here. Once you’ve done that, you can choose any of the big cities you want to visit. If you are a social activist and are very concerned with Florida politics, you may want to go to Tallahassee because it’s the seat of government in the state. If you’re a fan of the Orlando Magic, then you may want to go to Orlando. But if you’re fascinated with the very successful state of life of the Cuban refugees, then go to Miami-Dade. Or if you simply want to be overwhelmed with the length of the Seven Mile Bridge, then you may want to hop from one Florida Key to another.

So the best alternative in coming here is via land from Alabama. When your plan this Christmas season is for a road trip to Florida, then better accompany all of your childhood neighbors with you and get them cramped in your car. This can be an entirely fun experience because you’ll be enjoying the yummy sights and food on the way. Besides, a road trip is never fun if you’re alone by yourself. Then there’s the practical consideration too. What if you’re all alone and no one can help you out if your tire’s busted? It’s also very safe to accompany someone on a road trip to help with the driving when you’re almost dozing already. And above all, don’t ever forget to fill up your tank to the brim. Also take lots of bottled water with you because you need that all the way. By then, you’ll be ready for the road trip of your life.

This season is the most opportune time to go to Florida because on New Year’s Day, all roads lead to Orlando’s Capital One Bowl as the University of Michigan will take on the homegrown Florida State in a football thriller. So this early, hunt now for tickets online because they’ll be surely sold out before you can even blink. Just make sure that the online tickets are not jacked up to be considered already as profiteering.

Who knows, staying in Florida this Christmas season may even entice you to buy a home here. Maybe you can use that as a holiday home or maybe you can lease that to other vacationers as well. Just make sure it is strategically located in a very attractive place so that you won’t regret buying it in the first place. Do not worry about the ongoing real estate slump in the United States because this can very well work to your advantage if you are the buyer of a piece of property. But among the states in the country today, Florida is perceived to be the place where the real estate slump can easily recover. This is manifested in the confidence that cement manufacturing giant CRH has done. Based in London, CRH has expanded its cement business in Florida just this week at a whooping initial investment of $250 million. And as emphasized, it is just an initial investment.

Excited to go to Florida during Christmas? Well, you should be. Now that Christmas again is fast approaching ready yourself to fly to Florida and have a great Christmas celebration there. If it’s your first time going to Florida for Christmas then you are lucky enough to witness Florida’s great way of celebrating Christmas. Ready your cameras, videos and more with this exciting event; go to Epcot where they have great fun that includes the nightly tree lighting ceremony with the presence of Mickey Mouse and their friends particularly in the World Showcase plaza at exactly 6:00m pm. Let your kids witness this cool way of Florida’s Christmas celebration together with their known cartoon characters. Witness the Epcot’s traditional nightly Candlelight processional which signifies the Christmas story that includes the presence of some choir and then the 50 presence of orchestra as well that would hold your breath when starting to perform alluring Christmas songs.

Perhaps you can choose celebrating Christmas at Florida’s Seaworld Orlando; you will love the atmosphere it shows you during Christmas season. The contemporary style never fades away from your taste, despite that old way boast much the style that they have create and persuade in fact the tourists to stunned on their great creative way of celebrating Christmas. Tourists are usually attracts with the festive decorations at the park, which the park eventually change into an archetypal holiday wonderland. You will be realizing the presence of holiday fountains, as well as snowfalls at the Waterfront makes it unique and really brings the essence and the spirit of Christmas. There were also expected live music from the classical musicians and carolers.

While in Florida, you can also bring your family at the Disney/MGM studios. Big lights will cover the place the trees, lights and more. Christmas decorations abound the place with presence of Santa Claus of course. Mickey Mouse is never been disregarded during special events so expect that he is always around during Christmas seasons. So as expected, he is also around with Disney/MGM studios. See also the captivating angels about a dozen around smiling at you and amaze the snowfalls you feel. However, if you prefer to celebrate Christmas in an old ways, you can choose celebrating it at the Cypress Gardens Adventure Park. The garden features thrill rides which give a glimpse during holidays.

Don’t avoid yourself of visiting the place in Florida where you can see millions of lights around, or else you will surely regret it. At Silver Springs, you will witness the captivating twinkle of lights laid in the garden, this unique way of alluring tourists really allures them to come near and see this incredible light they have shown. Florida is great at Christmas; there are many unique and awesome techniques they saw to their visitors and of course to their folks to make their Christmas really cool and vibrant. No wonder the country is one of the million’s choice with regards to Christmas seasons. An in fact, even until now the country is preparing for the great event which is fast approaching; Christmas of course.

FOR me, there’s nothing spectacular to do in Florida in winter except to have a road trip and crisscross the Seven Mile Bridge in a day with mist and snowflakes all around you. This is how cold it is here in Florida especially during January where you must have layers and layers of clothing over your body so you won’t get frostbite – literally. Your normal outerwear then becomes your underwear. A word of caution though – do not use cottony fiber as cotton tends to absorb moisture and you will shiver even more.

And nothing beats Florida except going to Miami. In fact, Miami is so popular that it has become a gamma-class world city, eclipsing Florida’s capital Tallahassee. Come to think of it, who will ever remember Tallahassee except that November 2000 deadlock recount of the electoral votes between Al Gore and George W. Bush. I personally have never seen a movie which bears Tallahassee as its background. For Miami, there’s a lot. There’s Miami Vice and the Bad Boys series to name two.

Because Miami is considered a world city, it is a convergence of all melting pots. But the minority who shines here are those Latinos coming in from Cuba and who have entered the country through this place. In fact, some of them have already been successful in their respective fields. Think Gloria Estefan. Think Jon Secada. Think Andy Garcia. Therefore, one cannot deny that Miami is a haven to Cuban Americans thanks to its direct proximity to the nation they once lived. And most of them are devout Catholics so there’s a lot of Christmas spirit going around here in Miami.

As with all Catholics all over the world, Christmas is preceded with the Advent celebration consisting of four weeks. And after that comes the nine mornings before Christmas which is commemorated with a mass in each morning. Floridans go to mass in those mornings and then have some typical American breakfast on the road before jogging home then going to their day to day work. Some who are fortunate enough to be granted a two week Christmas vacation by their employers will go somewhere else for a game of golf or two.

Speaking of golf courses, there are a lot here in Miami. No wonder it is considered a global city. Some of the best golf courses here are Briar Bay Golf Course, California Golf Course, Calusa Country Club and Costa Greens Golf Club. All of them feature golf instructors who are PGA certified to introduce the game to those who are still amateur to the sport. They also have caddies who are not only PGA certified as well but who are also graduates of hospitality programs. After all, Miami invests a lot in its hospitality and tourism industry. It considers tourism a bloodline in its economy.

So if you are planning to come here in Florida during this Christmas season, then reserve early. Christmas rush is not just experienced in malls, it is also prevalent in domestic and international flights going to Miami International Airport.