Christmas this year was very nice. We had Suze’s whole family gathering at our place for lunch on Christmas day. This was the first time in two years that her family had got together. Lunching and gift ceremonies were enjoyable and the internationally traditional Trivial Pursuit game in the afternoon gave the day an authentic Christmas feel. Fortunately the day was only about 25°C but to be on the safe and mod-oz side we opted to serving seafood during lunch followed by Valberg’s ever popular chocolate & mint ice cream (recipe). Naturally Christmas time in the southern hemisphere does not feel like ‘real’ Christmas to a globetrotter from the north. Even many Australians find that the whole ideology, colors, obsession with lights and snow a bit out of place on a hot day with the sun melting even the tarmac. Southern Christmas time has a different kind of meaning. Christmas here marks the start of the summer holiday season. Most people take their summer holidays during and following straight after Christmas. It will surely take me a while to get used to this. I kind of feel that Christmas as I remember it has exited the calendar to be replaced by a completely different kind of Christmas. No matter, she´ll be right!
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Hugmynd að nýrr hefð. Að beila Ástralíu um jólin og koma sér til a la Islandia. Hljómar vel?
hehe, god hugmynd. better yet, hvernig vaeri bara ad flytja aftur heim