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NOVEMBER 2021
NOVEMBER 2021
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With the Thanksgiving quickly approaching, it’s a pleasure to watch as everything in our lives gradually becomes transformed by the joy of the approaching holiday season, especially on Amelia Island. Of course, one of the most cherished traditions of the season is the exchange of gifts with those we love. Finding just the right gift for someone special in our lives is a wonderful feeling, and it is at the heart of the Christmas season. Each year in November, we take great pleasure in presenting our annual Holiday Gift Guide. Our goal is to highlight some of the fabulous finds available at our local shops during the holiday shopping season. Whether you’re searching for the perfect gift or sneaking something for yourself, we’re certain you’ll find it here on Amelia Island.
As always, our goal with this issue is to save you from travelling over the bridge too often on those frantic pilgrimages to the mall and to save you from carpel tunnel syndrome brought on by too much online clicking. Just step away from your computer and come on out to meet your friends and neighbors! When you visit Amelia Island’s terrific neighborhood shops, you’ll find friendly, personal service and a wide selection of unique gift items, and you’ll be supporting the many merchants who help make our island a great place to live and to visit. And while you’re out, you may run into an old friend and enjoy a cup of coffee or some holiday cheer. Watching our island transform itself into a beautiful, warm-weather wonderland for Christmas is always a great pleasure, and enjoying the season by shopping here and sharing good cheer is a memorable part of the holiday season.
In addition, we are happy once again to present a preview of the Amelia Island Museum of History’s 2021 Holiday Home Tour in our monthly “Island Home” feature. The Holiday Home Tour is one of the museum’s most important fundraisers, and this year the tour includes four beautiful homes in historic downtown Fernandina Beach, all dressed in their holiday finest. We hope everyone has a chance to enjoy the tour this year.
Also in this issue, we check in with the guys from Foar from Home, who will be rowing across the Atlantic in December in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge to raise money and awareness about the very real problem of veteran suicide; salute the tenth and final edition of the Reindeer Run, a road race for the whole community, which has become one of Amelia Island’s favorite Christmas traditions; offer an “Island Entertaining” feature on incorporating Florida’s bounty of delicious oranges into your holiday menu; and much more.
Best wishes to all for a Happy Thanksgiving! See you around the island!
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Tom Barrett Art Director
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Contributing Writers Karen Miller, Julie Simmons, Dickie Anderson, Mandy Haynes, Teri Sopp, Betty Morrell, Michael Gass
Contributing Photographers William Raser, Sherry Carter, Stephan Leimberg, Pam Bell, Christy LeLait
