COCOA BEACH, Fla. – On Thursday, organizers of what’s been the largest holiday party on Cocoa Beach the past decade plan to break up the crowds for a change.Thousands traditionally watch hundreds of “Surfing Santas” on Christmas Eve at Coconuts on the Beach.“I do think we’re going to have hundreds of surfers.
They just won’t all be together,” founder George Trosset said.Since he was photographed as the first surfing santa in 2009, Trosset and his partners added live entertainment and a costume contest to the event.[TRENDING: Florida women’s prison failed to protect inmates | Man wins $1 million on scratch off | Florida older residents next for vaccine]This year, Trosset said the costume and surfing contests will be internet submissions and.