Ybor City is the most wonderful unique place on Earth!!! The locals live their lives by 4 simple rules.

#1 Don’t Judge, #2 Don’t Criticize, #3 Don’t Complain, #4 Just Get Involved with the Community!!

     Almost any goes and is enjoyed by everybody. So it shouldn’t have been surprising that during the Holidays there were 2 very large Christmas Parties going on. The Santa Jingle Bell Ball and Hallucination Before Christmas  https://www.facebook.com/hbcevent/ .

    Late in the evening a homeless street guy stopped a police car in the middle of 7th Ave. We could tell he was very upset and the police officer got out of his car to follow the homeless guy…. the homeless guy took the office to a door way. There was a drunken Santa passed out…cold. The police called an ambulance. The ambulance came. The homeless guy never left Santa’s side and walked next to him on a stretcher to the ambulance.

    After the ambulance left the homeless guy went back and sat down on the streets, asking for money.

    We walked over and gave him $10 he said, “Thanks now I have enough to stay in the shelter tonight.”

He got up and walked away. At times it’s easy to forget that homeless are people with hearts too.