20 tons of crushed ice gives Florida Keys family a white Christmas, a Weather Channel prize
By APFriday, December 25, 2009
Fla. family gets white Christmas with crushed ice
SUMMERLAND KEY, Fla. — One Florida Keys family is getting a white Christmas, despite temperatures in the upper 70s.
Almost 20 tons of ice is being crushed Friday and spread over the grounds of Howard Livingston’s oceanfront home with a high-pressure hose.
Livingston won The Weather Channel’s “Guaranteed White Christmas” contest. He was chosen from hundreds of contestants who submitted videos explaining why their families deserved a white Christmas.
Wearing shorts and flip-flops, Livingston’s neighbors are romping in the snow piled under palm trees. His 6-year-old grandson helped build a snowman and pitched snowballs.
There has never been a real recorded snowfall in the Florida island chain since the National Weather Service began keeping records in 1870.
On the Net:
The Weather Channel’s “Guaranteed White Christmas”: www.weather.com/tv/programs/WhiteChristmas.html
