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  • The Weather Channel's
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  • Summerland Key, FL 33042

  1. December 18, 2009

    we space coast parrotheads (cocoa beach -sadly no mile marker) love Howard Livingston & Mile Marker 24…always thought he was a cool guy now we know the whole family is!!! He even got the holy johnson (margaritamaker) into the mix! ho!

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Christmas in The Florida Keys

A White Christmas in the Florida Keys?

Although there's never been snow in the Florida Keys, there will be this Dec. 25th for the Summerland Key winner of  The Weather Channel's "Guaranteed White Christmas." Watch the Howard Livingston family's home video entry that rewarded them with an authentic Christmas Day snowfall.

FLORIDA KEYS -- There has never been a recorded snowfall in the subtropical Florida Keys according to official National Weather Service records dating back to 1870.

But it apparently will snow on one Lower Florida Keys residence Christmas Day.

The Weather Channel is guaranteeing that for musician Howard Livingston, his family and friends.

Livingston won the network’s nationwide "Guaranteed White Christmas" contest, TWC officials said Wednesday.

TWC is to orchestrate a massive manmade snowfall at his oceanfront residence while meteorologist Adam Berg broadcasts live intermittently from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 25. A Christmas Eve broadcast from the Lower Keys is likely as well.

"I didn’t think we had a chance because I didn’t think they could possibly make snow when it’s 80 degrees," said Livingston, who shares his home with his wife of two months, Cyndy, and their two dogs.

He found out differently when Berg delivered the news in person.

"When Adam Berg showed up, our jaws dropped because we recognized him," said Livingston. "I was flabbergasted."

Livingston was chosen from hundreds of contest entrants who submitted videos explaining why their families deserved a white Christmas. His 60-second piece shows the touring/recording musician and songwriter in his sunny waterfront yard, trying to make snow for his six-year-old grandson Michael Walker in a quirky blender powered by a 1952 Johnson outboard motor.

According to network officials, on Christmas Livingston’s yard is to be blanketed by tons of snow created from shaved ice by Sturm's Special Effects, a Wisconsin-based company that specializes in making snow. The white stuff is designed to be "packable," making it ideal for shaping snowmen and snowballs.

The Livingstons were planning a family Christmas with Michael, Howard’s daughter and Michael’s mother Amanda Walker, her partner Tyler Hanson and their 11-month-old daughter Courtney Hanson, who live nearby.

"We generally spend Christmas at home with Michael, open gifts in the morning and cook some lobster on the grill," said Livingston. "We’re going to do the same thing this year, but with snow."

  • Christmas in The Florida Keys
  • The Weather Channel's
  • Guaranteed White Christmas
  • Summerland Key, FL 33042


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