Except for you Australians. Do they have "the holidays" in Australia? And if so, WHY? Do you import Norway Spruces and spray them with artificial snow? Does Santa arrive wearing surfing shorts? Do you roast kangaroo nuts on an open fire?
Yes, yes we do. To be truthful it's just Christmas where I am. It's mental. I'm constantly surprised by how prevalent the winter motifs tend to be. I'm in Queensland, a northern state, so it's hot as hell all through December here, but you'd think the whole of the country was pining for England to look at the decorations. We get "White Christmas" piped in to shopping strips, most Santas wear the whole furry kit and people spray fake snow of every variety all over the joint - while it's 35 degrees Celcius outside. It's deeply bizzare, and something I notice acutley - I'm a pagan, so it's all Midsummer to my eyes. Fake snow is the dumbest decorator idea ever. Christmas Day is often the hottest day in December, hot humid and oppresive, but people still wear velvet Santa hats. Christmas trees are often dusted with fake snow, unless some sensible person decided to use an eucalyptus branch, which sometimes replaces the pine (plastic or plantation) and fills the house with that awesome bush aroma. Could never talk my mother into doing that, though.
Santa does sometimes arrive in surf shorts, though it's nowhere near as common as the sweltering red suit. Pulled by six white boomers, apparently, though I'm going on heresay here since I never saw them and man, I looked.
As for the kangaroo nuts on open fires, there's often fire bans on that time of year, since it's the height of summer and usually tinder dry even in urban areas. You're more likely to find seafood, especially prawns, trifle, ice desserts of all types and cold meats.
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Date: 2007-11-26 12:19 pm (UTC)Yes, yes we do. To be truthful it's just Christmas where I am. It's mental. I'm constantly surprised by how prevalent the winter motifs tend to be. I'm in Queensland, a northern state, so it's hot as hell all through December here, but you'd think the whole of the country was pining for England to look at the decorations. We get "White Christmas" piped in to shopping strips, most Santas wear the whole furry kit and people spray fake snow of every variety all over the joint - while it's 35 degrees Celcius outside. It's deeply bizzare, and something I notice acutley - I'm a pagan, so it's all Midsummer to my eyes. Fake snow is the dumbest decorator idea ever. Christmas Day is often the hottest day in December, hot humid and oppresive, but people still wear velvet Santa hats. Christmas trees are often dusted with fake snow, unless some sensible person decided to use an eucalyptus branch, which sometimes replaces the pine (plastic or plantation) and fills the house with that awesome bush aroma. Could never talk my mother into doing that, though.
Santa does sometimes arrive in surf shorts, though it's nowhere near as common as the sweltering red suit. Pulled by six white boomers, apparently, though I'm going on heresay here since I never saw them and man, I looked.
As for the kangaroo nuts on open fires, there's often fire bans on that time of year, since it's the height of summer and usually tinder dry even in urban areas. You're more likely to find seafood, especially prawns, trifle, ice desserts of all types and cold meats.