In Florida, holiday is icing on the cake

ORLANDO (AP) — If you’re one of those snowbirds who heads to Florida this time of year, you’ll find lots of holiday displays — even without the cold weather.

St. Augustine celebrates Nights of Lights through Jan.31 with light displays, a Winter Wonderland area with ice skating, a refrigerated ice slide and sleigh rides.

In Delray Beach, a 100-foot-tall artificial tree with 15,000 lights is a holiday centerpiece at Old School Square. A holiday parade on Saturday features 70 floats.

In Orlando, balloons and floats from Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City are on display for a daily Christmas parade at Universal Studios through Jan. 1. At Universal’s Islands of Adventure, Seuss Landing turns into Grinchmas, with live performances of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” through Jan. 1.

Also in Orlando, Walt Disney World guests can attend Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, a separately ticketed event at Magic Kingdom. Cinderella Castle is adorned with 200,000 sparkling crystals; the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights offers lit and animated displays at Disney’s Hollywood Studios; and a life-size gingerbread house can be seen in the lobby of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.

At Epcot, you can learn about international traditions and hear the Christmas story told by celebrity narrators such as Whoopi Goldberg and Abigail Breslin, with a choir and live orchestra, as part of the Candlelight Processional.

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