Many times I’ve been in warm, sunny climes for close to Christmas.

The best was when Greg Chartier and I took a dubious “shortcut” hiking in New Zealand, … and ended up in a 5 star resort bar on Christmas Day.

There’s sometime zany about relocating a northern European December tradition to the tropics.

You can actually grow Christmas flowers …

But not Christmas trees …

I’ve heard a few gringos actually bring down a real Christmas tree to Baja.

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