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Bathing scene, St. Cloud, Fla. Xmas, 1912, Digital Collections, Tampa Library, University of South Florida. http:\/\/digital.lib.usf.edu\/SFS0010636\/00001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Florida Christmas cheer. 1925. Color postcard. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 21 Nov. 2018.<https:\/\/www.floridamemory.com\/items\/show\/157561>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Christmas greetings from Florida. between 1907 and 1919. Color postcard. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 21 Nov. 2018.<https:\/\/www.floridamemory.com\/items\/show\/157557>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[257,227,48],"class_list":["post-8126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-christmas","tag-florida","tag-holiday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11195,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2025\/12\/18\/christmas-time-in-florida\/","url_meta":{"origin":8126,"position":0},"title":"Christmas time in Florida","author":"leems","date":"December 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gCHQ3kVQSm8?si=LTFbkaUk3Lo5p-tb The song \"Christmas in Florida,\" written by John A. 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