Besides it being Xmas, that's a great call. As the city will be unusually empty and calm due to the winter break at UF ... just wait a couple of weeks though. (and you may be nowhere near the university for all I know, and completely unaffected by it)
I was surprised that it was so cheap to fly on Christmas Day but it makes sense (the other dates were as high as $360 one way to Gainesville; I paid $147.50). I’ll be living nowhere near the university at least.