Spanish Explorers celebrated Christmas in 1539 in the area we now know as the State of Florida.

Christmas is a great time to recommit to each other and our communities.

One of the hardest areas is duplication; everyone knows there's lots of duplication in government. But when you ask someone, 'OK, name two programs that are duplicative,' typically there's a long pause.

A manual recount of the whole state of Florida is crazy,

We don't necessarily shop at the same stores as Florida, Florida State and Miami, but we do recruit this area and being down here is a real plus for us.

As we see thousands of public and private Christmas trees and nativity displays around the country, they remind us again of the powerful American value built into our Constitution: our freedom of religion.