Christmas, Florida | |
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![]() Location in Orange County and the state of Florida | |
Coordinates: 28°32′N 81°0′W / 28.533°N 81.000°W | |
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Area | |
• Total | 45.22 sq mi (117.13 km2) |
• Land | 45.21 sq mi (117.10 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,439 |
• Density | 53.94/sq mi (20.83/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 32709 |
Area code(s) | 407, 689, 321 |
FIPS code | 12-12250[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 0280429[3] |
Christmas is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The population was 1,146 at the 2010 census.[4] Christmas is home to the world's largest alligator-shaped building, measuring at just over 200 feet (61 m); to Fort Christmas Historical Park, a recreation of the Second Seminole War Fort Christmas; and to Fort Christmas Folk School, a nonprofit school dedicated to teaching folk arts. Every year, Christmas sends a large amount of mail from its post office from people who mail letters from the town so they can have the "Christmas" postmark on their holiday mailings.[5]
Christmas is the birthplace of the American sculptor James Hughlette "Tex" Wheeler, who is best known for his bronze sculpture of the famed racehorse Seabiscuit which holds a place of honor at Santa Anita Park racetrack in California and his "tribute to the American folk humorist, Will Rogers at Claremore, Oklahoma".[6] Wheeler is buried in the Fort Christmas Cemetery.
Christmas is home to many Orlando digital TV stations' transmission towers.