Episode 42 - Christmastime at Lighthouses

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,840 Hi everyone, I'm Emily. 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:02,800 And I'm Vince. 3 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,600 And this is the Lighthouse Lowdown. 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,640 Christmas Day Edition. 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,640 Christmas Day, how about that new logo? 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,560 Yeah, happy holidays everybody. 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:19,840 We do have a new logo. 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,480 Most of you can't see it because we're a podcast. 9 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:24,640 But it's pretty cool. 10 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:32,000 So instead of a history buoy, just going to say happy holidays. 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,120 Hope everyone has a good Christmas Day and anything else you're celebrating this time of year. 12 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,960 And we're going to announce the winner of our giveaway. 13 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,520 And instead of shouting it out here to the whole world on our podcast, 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,040 the winner will get an email. 15 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,600 And if they're comfortable, they can let us know if they're all right with us sharing, 16 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,080 or if they have a picture of the Tumblr or... 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:54,640 Oh yeah. 18 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,160 If not, that's totally cool. 19 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,280 But check your e-ball. 20 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:03,520 Just announcing that the giveaway is over and we have selected a winner. 21 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,680 So check your inbox and make sure you check your spam folder as well. 22 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,640 Because when I signed up for our own emails, it went to my spam folder. 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,960 So just keep that in mind. 24 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:15,840 It may be there. 25 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:16,480 Yeah. 26 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,880 Apparently that's where our emails like to nestle. 27 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,080 We do have a new logo though. 28 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,120 I gotta shout it out. 29 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,360 Emily made it herself. 30 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:24,000 Pretty neat. 31 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,440 Drew it in Procreate. 32 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:26,880 Shout out to Procreate. 33 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:28,400 Yeah, we have a new logo. 34 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,080 You can head to our Instagram or our YouTube to take a look at it. 35 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,120 I think it's pretty cool. 36 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,440 It's on our very first piece of swag. 37 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,120 I chose blue because one, I like it. 38 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:43,280 And two, you're unlikely to see a lighthouse in that color. 39 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:47,040 And so we can't possibly be copying any sort of lighthouse. 40 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:48,160 Nice. 41 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,800 It's our own lighthouse lowdown lighthouse. 42 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:51,840 Very good. 43 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,000 So our episode today is going to be super jolly, hopefully super short, 44 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,960 but just a little pick me up, something fun. 45 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,760 And if anyone lives near the lighthouses I talked about today, 46 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,680 you can look forward to these things around the Christmas season 47 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,800 because we're doing Christmas time at lighthouses. 48 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,800 Thank you. 49 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:11,520 Thank you. 50 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,960 I actually chose lighthouses that we have already covered this year. 51 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,200 So if there's any particular lighthouse you liked throughout this year, 52 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,440 I may be covering it Christmas time. 53 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:22,640 Christmas edition. 54 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:25,680 So we're just doing a survey of lighthouses that we've talked about. 55 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:26,560 So how it's happening. 56 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,320 I'm doing Christmas time at lighthouses that we've covered this year. 57 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:30,820 Okay, cool. 58 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,720 The first one that I'm going to cover is Nosset Lighthouse. 59 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:41,680 They have a little tradition that they do every year and it's less of a public event. 60 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,760 It's like volunteer run and by the Nosset Light Preservation Society, 61 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:50,240 but spectators are allowed and you can come and watch this whole spectacle unfold. 62 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:54,400 So it's the annual hanging of the Christmas wreath. 63 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:59,360 Pull up a picture of Nosset Light there with the Christmas wreath that it has every year. 64 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,800 We know Nosset Light. 65 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:01,680 Yeah. 66 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:02,400 Losset Night. 67 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,920 This coffee is delicious. 68 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:07,920 This is our friend Captain Cecil, right? 69 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:12,800 Yes, Captain Cecil's Coffee is based here in Eastham, I think. 70 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,560 And, or is it East Ham? 71 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:15,600 I'm going to say Eastham. 72 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:16,320 Now I can't remember. 73 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:22,800 I'm pretty sure I remember saying that normally you would say Eastham and now it's actually Eastham. 74 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:23,760 Well. 75 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:25,680 Whatever. 76 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:33,120 So this wreath is now called the David M. Gray Christmas Wreath. 77 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:40,800 It's in honor of the president of the Nosset Light Preservation Society who has now passed. 78 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,880 So now it's like a memorial kind of thing. 79 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,400 And they started calling it that in 2017. 80 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,600 He was president until 2013 and then retired. 81 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:55,120 And to honor how much he did for the light, the board of directors of NLPS voted unanimously 82 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:56,240 to name the wreath after him. 83 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,560 So they have had this tradition for around 20 years. 84 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,680 So only recently did they start naming it after somebody. 85 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:05,040 That's nice. 86 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:05,920 Yeah, they do. 87 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:06,720 They do an event. 88 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,600 So this year it was 10 a.m. of December 2nd. 89 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,200 They had to postpone it, I think, just a little bit for inclement weather. 90 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,200 It looked pretty foggy there. 91 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:16,720 They hoisted it from the gallery. 92 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:21,600 So they have I think it was three tethers that they pull up from the gallery and then 93 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,840 secure the wreath from the top and the bottom of the lighthouse. 94 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:27,040 So it kind of wraps around. 95 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:28,080 It looks like a table going on. 96 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,040 Yeah, I think they're ropes. 97 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,400 Pretty extreme. 98 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,240 They only last, I think, two months. 99 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,160 So they don't worry too much about the integrity of the tethers. 100 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:36,400 Cool. 101 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:37,200 Looks nice. 102 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:42,320 It's funny because in pictures you look at it and it looks like not a very big wreath. 103 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,960 You know, it's just kind of it's not very big compared to the height of the lighthouse. 104 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,800 It's got a good scale to the lighthouse size. 105 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,040 So this wreath is actually six feet tall. 106 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:53,760 Oh, my God. 107 00:04:53,760 --> 00:05:00,000 I put up a little picture of them working on lifting it up onto the side of the lighthouse. 108 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,440 This was on December 2nd. 109 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:02,480 So this was this year. 110 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,600 Had a lot of they said they had a good turnout for volunteers. 111 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:11,520 I talked to Susan Abbott, who is the vice president of the Nosset Light Preservation Society. 112 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,240 And so she told me a lot about this wreath. 113 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:15,280 She said it's real. 114 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:19,840 So they make it every year and normally they have to get a new bow. 115 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:20,720 Hang on one second. 116 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:21,600 I like that bow. 117 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:22,880 It's a big old bow. 118 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:30,400 Yeah, she said they feel this year that they found a terrific bow supplier from Christmas Designers.com. 119 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,960 And it's the biggest bow they could find at 36 inches. 120 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:33,600 Shout out. 121 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:33,920 Yeah. 122 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,320 So she's hoping that they'll be able to reuse this year's bow depending on how it holds up, 123 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:43,200 because this is not like a tender area for weather. 124 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:45,760 This bow is going to go through some. 125 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,160 Yeah, some lighthouse stuff. 126 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:48,400 Yeah. 127 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,880 So they're hoping they can reuse it, but we'll see. 128 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:51,360 That's cool. 129 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,400 I don't even know how a real wreath is made. 130 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:55,440 I think so. 131 00:05:55,440 --> 00:06:00,160 She said it's made with heavy wire or heavy wire frame. 132 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:06,560 And then the natural wreath part comes from a local farm that sells trees and wreaths in the wintertime. 133 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:07,600 OK, so they make it. 134 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:13,600 Yeah, so I bet it's just kind of like woven through this wire frame and fluffed up and whatnot. 135 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,680 Some evergreen material. 136 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:16,480 Yeah. 137 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:17,040 That's cool. 138 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:18,080 Six feet tall. 139 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:18,640 Six feet tall. 140 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,000 Three foot bow. 141 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:20,480 Yeah. 142 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:21,120 Impressive. 143 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,440 She doesn't know the exact weight of it, but. 144 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:23,920 Heavy. 145 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:24,420 Yeah. 146 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:27,120 That's really cool. 147 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:27,840 I'm glad they do that. 148 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,160 And it's a big ceremony, it sounds like. 149 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,560 Yeah, it's like, yeah, you can come and watch. 150 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,400 And there's a lot of volunteers that participate. 151 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:36,320 Captain Cecil's Coffee. 152 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,880 He participated in. 153 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:40,720 The captain himself. 154 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:40,960 Yeah. 155 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:41,600 Very nice. 156 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:42,100 Cappy. 157 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,560 So, yeah, that's Nosset Lighthouse at Christmas time. 158 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,560 The next one we're going to talk about is Montauk Point Lighthouse. 159 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,080 They have a fantastic Christmas time. 160 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,680 So usually it's the first Saturday after Thanksgiving at 4 p.m. 161 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,120 They post about it on their Instagram. 162 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,120 Montauk Point has a very active Instagram. 163 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,080 So if you're into lighthouses and you should be because you're listening to us, 164 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,560 then you should go follow them on Instagram. 165 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:15,280 But the first Saturday they have free hot chocolate courtesy of Hampton's Coffee. 166 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:16,320 Damn, we missed it. 167 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:16,820 I know. 168 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:18,560 We don't live there. 169 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:25,120 They do a sing along holiday music by Sarah Conway and the Playful Souls Band, I would presume. 170 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,400 I was going to look up some of their songs, but you know, time just keeps on ticking. 171 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,880 Each year they also name an honoree for the event. 172 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:39,520 And this year was Admiral in quotes, Ed Mitchell's, I think his name is. 173 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,880 Maybe it's M-I-C-H-E-L-S. 174 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,880 Sounds like Mitchell's. 175 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:45,680 Mitchell's? 176 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,440 There's no T in there, huh? 177 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:49,760 No, and no A, so it can't be Michael's. 178 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:54,080 But he was he was listed as a Montauk Harbor legend. 179 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,240 So I looked a little bit more into him. 180 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:03,520 He served at the Montauk Coast Guard Station and worked as Master Chief Petty Officer from 1973. 181 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,200 This was according to his LinkedIn. 182 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,320 So he is on LinkedIn. 183 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,120 Let's go. 184 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:14,320 He was hired as a harbor master in 1993 and promoted to the Chief of the Army. 185 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:19,760 And since then, he has been working hard to make CPR and AED training certification and 186 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,680 equipment available to all in the community. 187 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,720 And I'm sure he did a bunch of other stuff, but it was hard to find. 188 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,560 That's a nice caption. 189 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:33,280 Yeah, but apparently he's very well loved in the community and this honor was well deserved. 190 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:34,000 That's cool. 191 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,280 So he's on LinkedIn. 192 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:35,840 Yeah. 193 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,280 I wonder if he's a follower of the Lighthouse Lowdown on LinkedIn. 194 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:40,160 I don't know. 195 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:40,880 I don't know. 196 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:45,200 I wonder if he's a follower of the Lighthouse Lowdown on LinkedIn. 197 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:46,240 It's unlikely. 198 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:47,200 We'll have to connect with him. 199 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,920 Yeah, I think we should, especially since we're shouting him out on the pod. 200 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,960 After dark at this event, the lighthouse is lit. 201 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:58,800 And I think it's at like 6 p.m. 202 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:03,200 But all edges of the lighthouse and Keepers Cottage are lined in lights. 203 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:04,400 Oh, that's really cool. 204 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:11,200 And that includes the lantern room and the red brown band that Montauk Point has. 205 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,080 Red brown? 206 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:14,960 It's like a brownish red. 207 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:15,680 Reddish brown. 208 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:17,060 Nice. 209 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:19,440 It looks cool. 210 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,040 Yeah, all the windows. 211 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:22,480 They surround all the windows. 212 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,400 They have a big lit up Christmas wreath. 213 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,920 So yeah, even the path to the lighthouse is lit up with lights. 214 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:30,480 It's nice. 215 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:30,960 It's crazy. 216 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:32,240 They go all out. 217 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:33,840 I feel like I've seen this one before. 218 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:34,000 Yeah. 219 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,360 We talked about this maybe last year. 220 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:36,320 We talked about this. 221 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,520 We did talk about this on our Montauk Point episode. 222 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:44,240 Or at the end, I shouted out, I put up a picture of Montauk Point in the Christmas time 223 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:45,200 because it was very exciting. 224 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,960 I'm pretty sure it was like not even close to Christmas time. 225 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:50,880 But yeah, that's Montauk Point. 226 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,600 The event is free, but you can donate. 227 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,400 Donations are encouraged whenever you go and visit. 228 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,880 And the Sunday after that Saturday at 2 p.m., you can bring your kids to meet Santa 229 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,640 and enjoy more hot chocolate. 230 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:03,120 Nice. 231 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:03,600 Yeah. 232 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:04,400 That's awesome. 233 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,840 I like free lighthouse events. 234 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:06,900 Yeah. 235 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,640 If you have time for time for one more. 236 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:13,120 I think so. 237 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:13,760 More coverage. 238 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,920 The screen is a lot brighter on our logo than that nice sunset image. 239 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,880 Next one I'm going to cover is St. Augustine Lighthouse. 240 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:26,160 So this is the one that you did. 241 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:26,960 Let's go. 242 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,160 Pretty recently, actually. 243 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,040 St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the United States. 244 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,680 They go all out for Christmas time. 245 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:35,040 It's not just the lighthouse. 246 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:39,040 This is like the lighthouse is part of an event for the city that goes on. 247 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:39,520 Really? 248 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:40,240 Yeah, it's wild. 249 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,280 I'll talk about it. 250 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,080 But very little decorating happens on the tower itself. 251 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,360 They have like some garland and lights going on around the gallery. 252 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:54,960 But the grounds are just like totally transformed in their event tides, tidings and trees. 253 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:57,120 Wait, was this one that I covered? 254 00:10:57,840 --> 00:10:59,120 Yeah, you mentioned this one. 255 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:00,400 I forgot her name. 256 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:01,440 The contact that I made. 257 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:02,960 She was super nice. 258 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:07,440 So this event goes on from November 22 to January 21. 259 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,080 So you have a lot of time to check out this event. 260 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,920 It's part of the Knights of Lights, which is a St. Augustine tradition. 261 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,720 I don't know how long it's been going on, but it's very exciting. 262 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:18,400 A little picture. 263 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:19,120 That is cool. 264 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,640 It's a really nice photo of the lighthouse during Christmas time. 265 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:28,160 But the lighthouse itself, I think this year it's called Lighthouse Illuminations or something. 266 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:29,920 Maybe it's the company that does it. 267 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,520 But they have 20 different Christmas trees spread out over the ground. 268 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:38,080 So it's like a Christmas tree hunt that you can go do and each has its own theme. 269 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,040 And I can list them all if you want to. 270 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:41,520 No way. 271 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,880 I was just at Disney in Orlando and they do a similar thing. 272 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:45,360 Oh, really? 273 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:49,360 They give you a little map so you can hand out and go find the trees. 274 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,600 I won't say where each of these trees is because I feel like if you're going to go do this, 275 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,920 you don't want to really want to know where each one is. 276 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,280 So there is a welcome tree. 277 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:04,080 So this one's decorated black, white and red to match the tower's stripes. 278 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:11,200 They have shells from the sea, which is beach themed local shells and seaside treasures. 279 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:11,700 Nice. 280 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:13,280 Keepsake ornaments. 281 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,120 So that's exactly what it sounds like. 282 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,440 Shadows in the light. 283 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:23,120 They don't describe this one except for that it alludes to its spooky nature. 284 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,320 An all black tree. 285 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:24,880 Yeah, maybe. 286 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:25,600 That'd be cool. 287 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:26,800 But you're ghoulish. 288 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:27,520 Goth tree. 289 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:28,720 Like a Halloween tree. 290 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:29,760 It's not a phase tree. 291 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,320 They also have an old Florida tree evokes nostalgia of Florida's past. 292 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:36,560 Cool. 293 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:37,120 Let's see about that. 294 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:38,640 Lighthouses of America. 295 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,000 This would be my kind of tree. 296 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:45,120 The next tree I would say is the most spectacular. 297 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:45,760 Oh my gosh. 298 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,360 And I'll have I have a picture of it next. 299 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:48,000 Let's go. 300 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,840 But this one is inside the tower of the lighthouse. 301 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,760 And so you have the like spiral staircase all around it. 302 00:12:55,760 --> 00:13:00,160 But yeah, it's just like a super Christmasy holiday tree. 303 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:00,720 Yeah. 304 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:01,280 Let's see it. 305 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,040 Oh cool. 306 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:03,840 Yeah. 307 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,840 And another thing that's special about this time is that you can climb the lighthouse at night, 308 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,280 which is not usually an option. 309 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:09,760 Yeah. 310 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:13,840 So this whole event is like you can come and climb it when you normally couldn't. 311 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:14,640 That's really cool. 312 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,040 See people in this picture taking a little climb. 313 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:18,880 So is it maybe a 15 foot tree? 314 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:21,280 I don't know. 315 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:22,240 It's pretty neat. 316 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,240 It's a very convenient spot to put a tree. 317 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:25,200 Yeah. 318 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,600 That's where the clockwork mechanism would come down to. 319 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:27,920 Right. 320 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,600 Very visually appealing. 321 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,160 Yeah. 322 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:30,480 Yeah. 323 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:31,040 Super Christmas. 324 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:31,600 Very nice. 325 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,720 I could list the rest of them, but you can also check them out on their website. 326 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,720 I have a link in our show notes. 327 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,720 And this is the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum. 328 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:40,960 Yes. 329 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:42,080 Exactly. 330 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:42,560 Big fans. 331 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:43,120 Big fans. 332 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:47,600 This time of year, all of the buildings on the grounds and also all the buildings in 333 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,200 St. Augustine are lit up with lights. 334 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:54,480 So it looks to be a very fun city to visit in the Christmas time. 335 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,640 It sounds like they're really into the holidays. 336 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:57,200 Yeah. 337 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:58,160 Just altruism. 338 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,720 Super focused, which I don't know how... 339 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,320 How do you think this tradition came to be? 340 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:02,880 It just seems... 341 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:08,560 Well, they have the town itself has a good history as well as, well, of course, the lighthouse 342 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:09,360 we talked about. 343 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:10,480 You should check out our episode. 344 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:18,560 But the town having such a long history and being in Florida where it's nice like all 345 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:23,200 the time and being on the coast where it's beautiful, they have the beaches, they've 346 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:23,600 got the... 347 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:26,960 Well, the town's actually on an island. 348 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,720 Remember, there's the bridge that goes out there. 349 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:29,120 Yeah. 350 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,000 The lions are on the bridge, the Medici lions. 351 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:37,840 Anyways, they've got a lot going on and I think it builds into people like I knew some 352 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:38,160 people. 353 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,840 I guess you know them as well that used to go to San... 354 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:42,640 Sanibel? 355 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:43,280 Yeah. 356 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:43,760 San Isabel? 357 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:44,320 Sanibel. 358 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:44,960 Sanibel. 359 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,240 I don't know why that sounded wrong. 360 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:46,720 Wow. 361 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:52,720 Sanibel Island regularly growing up because it was a nice place to escape from Kansas 362 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,720 and have a nice holiday. 363 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,000 So I think St. Augustine is a similar type of town. 364 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,240 Plus, it's got larger cities around it. 365 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:00,720 Yeah. 366 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,400 And it's a very mild, even warm place to spend Christmas. 367 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:08,400 So they probably have a lot of vacationers going around this time of year, I would say. 368 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,680 There was a lot of palm trees with Christmas lights, which is nice. 369 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:12,480 Yeah. 370 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,680 And you can buy tickets for this to go during the day or the night. 371 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:19,920 And I think it was $25 per person and can climb the tower. 372 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:20,720 So it's kind of... 373 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:21,680 I would say it's worth it. 374 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,200 It's very special. 375 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,720 Yeah, it'd be a great time to do it. 376 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:28,560 Those are three of the main lighthouses we've covered this year that also do Christmas 377 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:28,880 events. 378 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,080 So I just thought I would cover it, give them a little shout out on the pod. 379 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,520 Yeah, I wasn't expecting a recap. 380 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:34,480 Look at us. 381 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:35,120 I know. 382 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:39,440 Well, originally I was going to do new lighthouses, but then you get into it where... 383 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:40,080 Carried away. 384 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,840 You see lighthouses that you want to cover and you're like, why would I... 385 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,360 I would feel like if I was covering them now, I'd have to say something about their history 386 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,520 because nobody knows which lighthouse I'm talking about. 387 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:54,160 But for our followers on the podcast who have heard our other episodes, just like a fun 388 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,960 little add on for the Christmas time. 389 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,400 Maybe next year we can fit a wreath to our lighthouse logo. 390 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:00,880 Yeah. 391 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:02,240 Some little lights. 392 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:03,840 An ode to Nosset light. 393 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:04,480 Very cool. 394 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,360 Thanks for this Christmas episode. 395 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:08,320 You're welcome. 396 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:09,840 I feel very cheery. 397 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,600 I feel full of joy. 398 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,160 What is that mug that you bought? 399 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,640 Jolly is just a Christmas word for fat. 400 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,600 Oh yeah, jolly is pretty good. 401 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:20,160 Very good. 402 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:20,720 Thanks. 403 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,200 Happy holidays to everybody, all of our listeners. 404 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,680 We want to thank you for staying with us this year or joining us if you're new. 405 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:32,160 We have so much fun doing this podcast and hopefully you'll be able to do it. 406 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,600 Hopefully you guys enjoy listening to it and you stick around for next year because we 407 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,600 got a lot more lighthouses to cover. 408 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,360 More than we can in our lifetime. 409 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:40,080 I'm pretty sure. 410 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:41,040 Adventures to come. 411 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:45,440 So we'll keep going and hope you guys have a great rest of your year. 412 00:16:45,440 --> 00:17:02,400 Thanks guys.