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South Tampa's Best 55+ Adult Community 6220 South Dale Mabry, Tampa 33611 COMMUNITY AMENITIES INCLUDE Gated Entrance Two fish-stocked lakes Heated swimming pool Clubhouse and community room Fitness Center Game room Community dinners, parties Holiday celebrations, trips and more DEC EMBER 2014 NEWSLETTER A perfect retirement community in the right place 6220 S. Dale Mabry – Tampa, FL 33611 Located 1.4 miles from 813-839-2812 MacDill Air Force Base Email us at: [email protected] Visit us on the web at www.SteinerCommunities.com Like us on Facebook THE JOLLY OLD FELLA IS HERE NEW HOMES MEANS NEW DEALS AT Yes, it’s that time of year again. Time to get out the Christmas WINWARD LAKES? decorations. Let’s get the Community Light Contest started. For the new residents and to remind the rest of us . .the Community has a We have new homes entering the community and we are Light Contest. All you need to do is place Christmas lights outside – ready to make deals on them . so, if you have been the amount does not matter. The address of each home that has light thinking of trading in your home, stop in and see us at the decorations (they must be on) will be placed in a basket and 3 office. Or if you have a friend what is looking, send them in addresses will be drawn. We will contact the winners who will be and you will receive a bonus if a new home is purchased. receiving cash to do a little shopping. We will be driving through the community sometime between Saturday, December 13 th and Sunday, December 14 th by 9:00 p.m. The Community Light Contest Brand New Homes is a “Thank you” from Steiner Communities and Winward Lakes for 3724 Winward Lakes Dr. PICK YOUR NEIGHBOR!! cheering up the community for the holidays. 3719 Spinnaker Dr. Please call the office for 3729 Spinnaker Dr. Please remember that Christmas is about the birth of Christ. No matter information .… your religion, please pray for peace. If you see a neighbor who needs Pre-Loved Homes 813-839-2812 a little help . give them a hand. 3714 Winward Lakes Dr. 6207 Starboard Remember the office is closed for the holiday season December th 3702 Yardarm Dr. 25, 26, 27 and 28. No garbage is picked up on Thursday the 25 because of the holiday and there is no coffee, donuts or bingo on that PLUS . MORE NEW HOMES COMING IN!! day. We will have coffee and donuts on the 24 th instead. 2015 Jacobsen (not ready to show) At this time of year we remember the great residents that have helped out with activities around the community. So a BIG THANK YOU TO: BONNA KENEIPP – FOR BINGO ON TUESDAYS THE RAPPS – FOR THURSDAY MORNING BINGO WINWARD LAKES IS LINDA RAY & DONNA DUVAL – FOR MONTHLY MEALS ON FACEBOOK . THE BLAU’S – FOR FINDING TRIPS FOR RESIDENTS AND ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT HELP THEM OUT! We don’t thank you enough for the time you donate, but we do LIKE US AND STAY UP-TO-DATE ON ALL THE LATEST appreciate all that you do. FROM WINWARD LAKES! And we want to thank all the residents who keep their homes and property looking really great: you are what make this community special HOLIDAY HOURS TH DECEMBER 25 - 28 – OFFICE CLOSED Whatever holiday you are celebrating . “Happy Holiday.!” Bud and Ginger Marion. JANUARY 1 ST – OFFICE CLOSED WELCOME HO . .HO . HOME Josephine Moss 12/4 Ralph Barnes 12/21 John and Susan Freeman Barbara Rufino 12/4 Deborah Smith 12/22 Gary Range Lois Martin 12/7 Jack Caplinger 12/24 Steve Barger Debby Grizzard 12/8 Pam Cupp 12/24 Janet Payne 12/11 Charles Kessler 12/25 Linda Brady 12/13 Jeanne Rapp 12/25 Alexis McGovern 12/15 Jerry Gritzmaker 12/28 Mike Hubble 12/17 Danielle Witkop 12/28 Werner Waldmann 12/18 Faye Manchester 12/29 BE KIND TO OUR LAKES . Florence Price 12/20 Dorothy Brown 12/30 Residents, please be kind to our Ismael Rivera 12/20 lake by not throwing paper or plastic bottles into the lakes. Sagittarius , Though there are some bumps on Also, remember some things as small as a cigarette butt can hurt the water. the road, this is a good time to enjoy sensual delights and pleasures. Prosperity is also very strong this month. The next few years should be Thank you! prosperous as well. Your health is excellent right now. Communications can be a bit patchy. There could be SOME THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT TAMPA’S dramas with your neighbors as well. Continue to drive carefully HISTORY . and defensively. Take care in what you say and do and your 900 - 1500s Tocobaga Indians live in what is now the holidays should be good. Tampa Bay area. 1528 Spanish conquistador Panfilo de Narvaez lands in Tampa Bay area. 1539 Hernando de Soto explores the area. Capricorn , don't avoid events or public activities and conventional events this 1821 Florida becomes US territory. month. Nothing you do will keep you away. 1824 Fort Brooke established on Hillsborough river - 1st Now is a good time to make changes in how permanent settlement. you look. Choose happy colors to get a fresh 1855 Tampa incorporated as a city. outlook for the new year. Everything is 1884 Henry B. Plant opens railway service to Tampa. amazing this month whether you are at home or out and about. 1886 First cigar factories open in Ybor city. Although it doesn’t come naturally to you, relax, enjoy your 1890 Population reaches 5,500. friends and family and have a good holiday season. 1891 Tampa Bay Hotel opens - tourism begins. 1914 World's first scheduled commercial airline service, Tampa-St. Petersburg. 1915 Population 55,000. HANUKKAH is observed for eight nights and days, CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from Bahamas : Christmas is carnival time . For a week late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. before Christmas Day carolers sing carols in public places. Christmas goodies include black cake, imported apples, imported grapes, garlic pork, pepper pot, pickled onions and ham. Christmas drinks include The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique Menorah Hanukiah ginger beer, sorrel, mauby, sweet potato fly (a fly is a fermented drink) candelabrum, the nine-branched or , one falernum, shandy, rum and wines. Christmas also means watching the additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight famous Junkanoo parade where people wear colorful dresses and on the final night. dance to the rhythm of cowbells, drums and whistles. The most spectacular Junkanoo parade occurs in Nassau. The typical Menorah consists of eight branches with an additional raised branch. The extra light is called a shamash Greece : Christmas is celebrated lavishly. The Christmas season attendant") and is given a distinct location, begins on December 6th, which is Saint Nicolas day, and ends on" , שמש :Hebrew) usually above or below the rest. The purpose of the shamash is January 6th, the day of Epiphany. Streets are packed with people to have a light available for practical use, as using the Hanukkah buying Christmas gifts, as well as Christmas carolers singing lights themselves for purposes other than publicizing and Christmas songs. Festive shopping continues way after Christmas Day. A popular tradition is small village children travelling from house meditating on the Hanukkah is forbidden to house on Christmas Eve singing 'kalanda', (Christmas carols) and offering good wishes. One well-known custom is hanging a sprig of Hanukkah in 2014 will begin on Wednesday, December 16 basil wrapped around a wooden cross in a shallow wooden bowl. and will continue for 8 days until Thursday, December 24. Once a day, a family member dips the cross and basil into some holy water and uses it to sprinkle water in each room of the house to keep the 'Killantzaroi' (mischievous spirits) away. The Christmas feast KWANZAA is a week-long holiday honoring African culture and includes such dishes as roasted lamb and pork, and spicy golden traditions. It falls between December 26 and January 1 each 'christopsomo' ('Christ bread'). year. Norway: In Norway, Christmas is known as "Jul". Celebrations begin Kwanzaa consists of a week of with the Saint Lucia ceremony on December 13. At daybreak, the celebrations, which ends with a feast youngest daughter from each family puts on a white robe with a sash, and the exchange of gifts. During the a crown with evergreens and tall-lighted candles. The boys dress up as star boys in long white shirts and pointed hats. Then the youngest celebrations, candles are lit and daughter and the other children wake their parents, and serve them libations are poured. A libation is the coffee and Lucia buns, lussekatter. Christmas Eve is spent with family. name given to a ritual pouring of a drink as an offering to a god. At noon, "lillejulaften" (rice porridge) is usually served. An almond is During Kwanzaa, a wooden unity cup is used to pour the often hidden in the porridge, and the person who finds it wins a treat or libations. A Kwanzaa ceremony often also includes performance small gift– usually a marzipan pig. The main Christmas meal is served of music and drumming, a reflection on the Pan-African colors of in the evening. The main dishes include pork rib, "pinnekjott" (pieces red, green and black and a discussion of some aspect of African of lamb rib steamed over birch branches).