christmas crackers are called 'bon-bons' here in oz... all the kids give each other candy canes as 'friendship gifts' at christmas... virtually every house in our cul-de-sac is lit up with reindeers dancing across the roof, palm trees decorated, flashing 'santa stop here' boards and, every night, a steady stream of families troop around the estates marvelling at each and every one!!
we're putting up the tree this saturday... jeff and oli always do it, always fall out over it and i always follow behind to 'tweak' it! the ice-cream christmas cake on sale in town looks yummy; might give that one a try this year... don't fancy a christmas pud in this weather, must admit christmas pud is horrid anyway isn't it?? yukkadoodle... so too are mince pies, unless they're home made.
we'll also have to go to the beach i suppose on christmas day (sigh... what a trial)... however, the aussies say that it's only the poms who do that... must admit, we tend to only go to the beach to 'cool off', never 'for the day' as we used to in the UK... we also spend sooo much time looking for shade as the aussie sun is mighty fierce... jeff and oli love to battle with the shore breaks at mooloolaba and i sedately 'dip' ever since i virtually got flattened to the sand by a wave a short time ago: not a dignified look.
How different your Christmas sounds Lizzie. We are getting into the swing of it here and have decorated the house today. The weather is getting colder and I am glad of that as it is started to 'feel' like Christmas now, it was too warm before. I can't imagine Christmas on the beach although we do like a blustery post Christmas stroll on the burrows to blow away the cobwebs ;-)
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