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Merry Christmas from Down Under.

• CoffeeDregs 15y ago
  In re: "Christmas from Down Under" (and the southern hemisphere in general): I always think it's a trip that y'all are in the peak of summer at Christmas time. We have all kinds of songs, rituals, artifacts, whatever that derive from the fact that it's cold outside: I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas; tinsel on christmas trees to simulate icicles; drinking Eggnog. Question: do you Christmas bits reflect that it's winter outside somewhere else or do you have a separate bunch of Christmas bits to reflect that it's summer during your Christmas?
  • dekz 15y ago
    I honestly cannot speak for everyone, of course we have our own Aussie Christmas carols with your reindeers replaced with kangaroos which to me seem more to be satire. But we have still been Nothern-hemispherized in the traditional christmas sense. Our decorations have snow, every figurine is rugged up etc. I could send you a picture of my christmas tree, it would be indistinguishable from your generic tree. It surely doesn't snow in all parts of the Northern Hemispher and I guess you can draw similarities to that. The funny thing is, for more Christmas's then I can remember, it has actually been quite wet and stormy, today it is beautiful and sunny.
    • CoffeeDregs 15y ago
      Interesting. I guess I'm not too surprised that your Christmas bits are much like ours. "Rudolph the red-nosed Kangaroo"? Awesome.