Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
Christmas in Australia is rather different to the Northern Hemisphere. A few people have a traditional Christmas Dinner and Christmas Tea but it's usually too hot to have a big hot meal in the middle of the day. The people have changed the times and many of us have a barbecue with prawns, all kinds of meat and salads.
In my house we are having cold meat and salads with hot new potatoes including sweets. The traditional sweets include a Christmas Pudding, Pavlova or Trifle, maybe a bit of each, I might also make a Mango Cheese Cake.
The temperature is predicted to be 27 deg C (F80.6) down here on the Island of Tasmania, Australia.
The first Christmas celebrations in Australia have their roots in late 1788 and were introduced by the convicts of the First Fleet, who arrived in Sydney Harbour early the same year.
Alabama in the USA was the first State to officially recognize Christmas in 1836, so I read.
Oh, I nearly forgot - Kangaroos pull Santas sleigh in Australia.😉
Christmas Nails, nothing fancy.
oh just wonderful..i want to buy a ticket to Australia right away..We have rain and rain terrible weather..I wish you a merry christmas :)))))
ReplyDeleteL'Australia à una terra meravigliosa.Potrei fare un biglietto e andare a trovare mio cugino che da anni si è trasferito dalla Slovenia nel tuo paese.Bellissimo post dove descrivi le usanze natalizie australiane.Buone feste da OLGA
ReplyDeleteThank you Margaret for stopping by to say hello and wish me Happy Holidays, a wish that I also repay for you.
ReplyDeleteAs we are at the same altitude it is also usually very hot and Christmas Eve dinners are usually light, cool, if possible families meet in cool places in the house.
It's wonderful to know about Christmas celebrations there. It's really different than here. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteKangaroos pulling the sleigh!!!! I never thought of that. I will tell that to my grandchildren!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Christmas!
Your nails look pretty fancy to me.
ReplyDeleteWe are having a cold meal for Christmas too. I will make a gigantic fruit salad tomorrow which I will probably live on for a week or so - and will cook a turkey breast for himself. I will make salads on Christmas morning. We are heading for a top of over 30. Happy Christmas.