Swampy's Florida

‘Morrow’s Nut House’ wins most Christmasy in the Countryside Mall in Clearwater. Fully decked out in garland, lights and plenty of holiday packaging and bows, this location might just have the largest amount of Christmas spirit of the mall stores looked at.

‘Morrow’s’ is the only franchise recognized. There are a fraction of locally owned stores in Countryside Mall as compared to other malls.

I really, really like JC Penny’s decorations in this mall. Lots of holiday cheer! Below is a photo of what was referred to as their “Christmas spool tree”. Little lights twinkle on the cardboard tree. Employees weren’t sure how the lights operate or how they have twinkled non- stop since Halloween. We decided to chalk it up to Christmas magic.

The folks at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium told me about a neat spot in the Countryside Mall – charitable Christmas trees! Various charities have decorated trees to be voted on by mall patrons. The tree with the most votes will be given $1500 by Westfield malls. Below is a photo of the lot of trees. There is also a photo of three of the trees: Salvation Army, Clearwater Marine Aquarium and a tree made b members of the Pinellas-Pasco Heart Gallery. Voting continues until the mall closed for Christmas tomorrow night at 6pm.