Sounds like a perfect build up to Christmas and ev...

2009-11-25T00:01:09.923Z

Sounds like a perfect build up to Christmas and even more special being able to share it with 'Grandma'.

It's taken me 12 year's of living in New Zealand to finally adapt to a summer Christmas and fully embrace it. I used to like it when we had an overcast, rainy day for Christmas in New Zealand so I could at least see the fairy lights!

Since both our children were born in NZ I have had to refrain from frequent comments on, 'It's just not the same...'. My children don't know any different and they are little Kiwis. As such, I've established our own special family traditions to celebrate the festive season, that embrace the season of summer. We have a Pohutukawa tree in the garden and last year we woke on Boxing Day to see it in bloom, which was very special (my youngest's Birthday is on Boxing Day). We look forward to feasting on berries and pavlova and having a light lunch. We have an active day of sports and games and save the board games for our mid-Winter - when we cook up a full roast for Winter Solstice.

However, I do have aspirations to take my children to Europe some time in the future so that they can see how it's done in the Northern Hemisphere - just love the Christmas markets in Europe and ice-skating rinks that spring up around London. And then there's the lights.... ooooh, ahhhh, indeed. Here in Welly we have to be content with Christmas flags :) And the pubs.... now I'm missing England just a tad - but then again, I wouldn't be spending much time down the pub with my little'uns anyway.

Have a fabulous Christmas and enjoy the school play,

Sarah

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