Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose head to Florida where they uncover a scam at a local space memorabilia attraction.

On each of the twelve days before her Christmas visit, Luann's cousin Travis sends her a letter describing the history, geography, animals, and interesting sites of Florida. Uses the cumulative pattern of the traditional carol to present amusing state trivia at the end of each letter.

Young Calpurnia takes her dog, Buggy-horse, and follows her nose to a secret river in a Florida forest, where she catches enough fresh fish to feed her hungry neighbors, even after giving some to the forest creatures she meets on the way home.