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WELCOME HOME Mobile, Alabama’s 20-room Bragg-Mitchell Mansion invites visitors to
a seasonal open house on December 5 (251-471-6364; braggmitchellmansion.com).
Southern Comfort
Y’All
Have a
Happy
Holiday
Here’s a bright idea:
Celebrate the season
on the shores of our
warm, welcoming Gulf
BY BILL NEWCOTT
After another very tough year, the
best holiday gift you can give the Gulf
states is…you! The beaches are
expected to be as pristine as ever
(sun, wind, and oil-eating microbes
are taking care of business quite
nicely, says Florida International
University coastal scientist Stephen
“Dr. Beach” Leatherman), but you
don’t have to go anywhere near the
water. Just let the folks from Florida
to Texas show their unrivaled southern hospitality as they celebrate the
