The Florida Night Before Christmas by E.J. Sullivan

Twas the night before Christmas, and from the Panhandle to the Keys, Florida is ready for the holidays. From Miami to the tinkling wind chimes of Pensacola, the state slumbers on Christmas Eve. Even the manatees are snoozing. All is quietexcept for one young boy and his brother, who happen to hear something very strange outside. Could it really be a very special Florida Santa Claus? Readers of all ages will enjoy this ''Florida'' take on the holidays, complete with golf carts flying through the night sky and some bass fishing lures just waiting for their lucky recipients on Christmas morning. Wherever they live, whether they are old or young or somewhere in between, all readers will enjoy this unique Christmas Eve fable.