But we also have Carols By Candlelight (i.e. big outdoor events with everyone sitting on rugs waving their candles in the air). And some of us have BBQs and salads instead of roast. And everyone sits outside to eat (round a table, still, but outside). And Christmas pudding is served with icecream.
And Melbourne's weather is so unpredictable anyway that it has SNOWED twice on Christmas Day in the last 10 years (not a lot, but up in the mountains - we just all wore our thick jackets to church). In Summer.
You can buy LOTS of Christmas cards with Santa in shorts and thongs (err... sorry, flip-flops), but they're usually quite jokey ones. He'll be surfing, or having a beer wearing sunglasses sitting in a deckchair. You won't find those more romantic, traditional-style pictures of him but wearing summery clothes (I can't even imagine it - that would be WEIRD).
From Laney
And some of us have BBQs and salads instead of roast. And everyone sits outside to eat (round a table, still, but outside).
And Christmas pudding is served with icecream.
And Melbourne's weather is so unpredictable anyway that it has SNOWED twice on Christmas Day in the last 10 years (not a lot, but up in the mountains - we just all wore our thick jackets to church). In Summer.
You can buy LOTS of Christmas cards with Santa in shorts and thongs (err... sorry, flip-flops), but they're usually quite jokey ones. He'll be surfing, or having a beer wearing sunglasses sitting in a deckchair. You won't find those more romantic, traditional-style pictures of him but wearing summery clothes (I can't even imagine it - that would be WEIRD).