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January 16
Florida
Citrus Festival vs.
Icebox Days XXVIII
Never have two events scheduled for the same weekend had less impact on each other than the Florida Citrus Festival in Winter Haven, Florida, and Icebox Days in International Falls, Minnesota. I already wrote about Icebox Days.
The Citrus Festival is expected to pull in 160,000 lightweights. Icebox Days will attract around 5,000 tough cookies.
Just in case you are the only person in the world who is actually trying to decide which event to attend, I will make it easier for you with this handy chart:
|
Attraction
|
Florida
Citrus Festival
|
Icebox
Days XXVIII
|
| Mentioned in Rocky and Bullwinkle | No | Yes |
| Miss Florida Citrus | Yes | No |
| Turkey bowling | No | Yes |
| Beach party | Yes | Yes |
| Mutt races | No | Yes |
| Smoosh racing | No | Yes |
| Automated fresh fruit packing line | Yes | No |
| Livestock exhibits | Yes | No |
| Big name country AND western entertainers | Yes | No |
| Snow | No | Yes |
| Ski races | No | Yes |
| Parade | Yes | Yes |
| Lots of old people | Yes | No |
| Horticultural competitions | Yes | No |
| Admission charge | Yes | Yes |
| Baby beauty contest | Yes | No |
| Trained monkeys | Yes | No |
| Karaoke contests | Yes | No |
| Concern about the potato salad | Yes | No |
| Chili cookoff | No | Yes |
| Barrel sauna and polar bear dip | No | Yes |
| Ice golf | No | Yes |
| 10k run | No | Yes |
| Medics | Yes | Yes |
| Close to Minneapolis | No | Yes |
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Saints celebrating feast days today include Saint Marcellus, Saint Priscilla, Saint Honoratus, Saint Fursey, Saint Henry of Cocket, and Saint Berard and Companions.
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Two people were born today who will probably be making my life more enjoyable until the day I die: Ethel Merman (1909-1984) and Robert W. Service (1874-1958).
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