Christmas in Australia

Amber

@AmbiePam (95848)

• United States

11 Jul 23

@JudyEv I love a white Christmas, but that’s probably because when it snows here, it is measured in inches, and not feet. If I had the snow New England gets then I wouldn’t want a white Christmas either!

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@TheHorse (222826)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 23

@JudyEv Oh, white Christmases are fun.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

I've always thought a white Christmas would be nice but, since being on here and hearing all the stories about snow, I've gone off the idea a bit.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (184863)

• United States

11 Jul 23

what the heck does Santa wear...a Hawaiian shirt?? He would die in the fur suits he puts on here.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (184863)

• United States

11 Jul 23

@JudyEv That must be horrible. I hope he is in an air conditioned setting at least...

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@TheHorse (222826)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 23

Good question!

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

Mostly he sweats in a proper Santa suit - poor guy/s.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37481)

• Toccoa, Georgia

11 Jul 23

It would be nice to experience one Christmas in Australia to see it in the Summer.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37481)

• Toccoa, Georgia

12 Jul 23

@JudyEv that's a nice photo.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Jul 23

@LeaPea2417 Thanks.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

I'd quite like to see a white Christmas just once too.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472454)

• Switzerland

11 Jul 23

I remember this photo, I am sure I "trimmed" Vince hair.

Humans are creatures of habits. We have been in the Caribbean one year for Christmas. Never again! I missed the cold, the snow, the hot food on the table and the dark at 4 in the afternoon.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

Christmas in the Caribbean would have seemed very odd. And yes, I remember that with the hair!

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472454)

• Switzerland

11 Jul 23

@JudyEv I was almost depressed to celebrate Christmas on the beach.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

@LadyDuck Oh, that's a shame but I can understand that it would seem like Christmas at all.

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Starmaiden

@Starmaiden (9311)

• Canada

11 Jul 23

Everything is upside down under isn't it. You view the moon upside down, the Orion constellation upside down, the seasons are reversed...etc. As someone who experiences a lot of snow in the winter where I live (Canada) I always wondered how Sydney Australia was able to pull off hosting the 2000 Summer Olympics in the middle of the Southern winter.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

Forgive me for saying but you actually have it all wrong. Australia is actually way up the top as you can see in this (correct) picture of the world.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

@Starmaiden We do get some wonderful spectacles of the Milky Way for sure. I think that's part of the Galactic Core. Is that right?

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Starmaiden

@Starmaiden (9311)

• Canada

11 Jul 23

@JudyEv

I must admit. You have the most beautiful, front seated view of the Galactic Core in your night sky. That's something I never get to see. Not even on the distant horizon.

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Leighnyork Nyakundi Makori

@leighnyork (1880)

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11 Jul 23

It's wounderful to have Christmas on a sunny day, unlike here mostly it rains

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Leighnyork Nyakundi Makori

@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

Sunny and usually very hot but Christmas is always enjoyable whatever the weather.

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@leighnyork (1880)

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12 Jul 23

@JudyEv true, but, also the picture looks nice

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Jul 23

@leighnyork Thanks.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113183)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Jul 23

It never ceases to amaze me how people will try to point out that what they deem normal should be normal for everyone. I like that photo of the 4 of you. I'll bet the boys had a blast with that extra Christmas.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113183)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Jul 23

You're correct. In my perspective Christmas lost it's appeal after my mom passed.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

That gets me a bit too - thinking 'their' normal should be everyone's normal. Christmas isn't the same really if there are no kids around.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91788)

• Arvada, Colorado

11 Jul 23

Oh Judy what a blessed photo that is.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91788)

• Arvada, Colorado

12 Jul 23

@JudyEv I know Judy..but I am so glad you had a lovely family. Have I mean

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

Thanks. Such a long time ago. The boys are more or less both in their 50s now.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (52056)

• Canada

11 Jul 23

I remember you shared this photo once before. It is a great photo, but I did not remember the story behind it that you had it taken quite a bit before the actual holiday. Christmas in Canada is usually white, although we have had our fair share of bare, or green holidays also. I remember one year where it was mild and rained and we had a muddy Christmas.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (52056)

• Canada

11 Jul 23

@JudyEv Our son was a teenager then and he travelled to Cuba for the week of Christmas.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

@Juliaacv So would it have been hot there?

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

A muddy Christmas would have been a bit different. I'm glad we all have photos to look back through.

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (83683)

• United States

11 Jul 23

After my brother got married, he and his wife moved to California where it's always sunny and warm. He adapted pretty well from having cold and snowy Christmases and yearly his Christmas cards would be his decorated tree on the patio and he would be barbecuing. We always got a kick out of that but I don't think it would feel like Christmas to me if it wasn't cold (and snowy). Love your Christmas picture

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

Barbecues are popular here at Christmas too. I'm glad you like the photo. I should have made Vince get a haircut!

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MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (83683)

• United States

12 Jul 23

@JudyEv Vince looks cute even without a haircut. I have plenty of family photos where one of us needs a haircut or a new wardrobe from back in the "good old days"

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@TheHorse (222826)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 23

I was wondering why you were rugged up.

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@TheHorse (222826)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Jul 23

@JudyEv He looks like the kind of '70s/'80s guy I would have hung around with. Which sprout is the bass player?

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

@TheHorse The little one on the left.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

Haha - we didn't think of that at the time - and it might have been nice if Vince had had a haircut too!

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318962)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

11 Jul 23

I know the trend has become to have Christmas in July celebrations on TV and various major companies. I got my computer on a Black Friday deal. Normally, I think about Black Friday as the day after Thanksgiving in November. Doing this gives me, at least, a taste of what Christmas is like down under. It's hot here and everything cold is on the menu. Great picture of you and the boys.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318962)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Jul 23

@JudyEv Yes, it would. You're welcome.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

Having a turkey would help it feel like Christmas for sure. I'm glad you like the photo.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58774)

• Portugal

11 Jul 23

What a lovely family picture. You look exactly the same.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

Thanks. The hair colour has probably lightened a bit.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58774)

• Portugal

17 Jul 23

@JudyEv

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (55686)

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11 Jul 23

Here in the Caribbean the weather is hottest during the summer, but cooler during December to February. Those islands closest to North America can get some cold spells in December and January.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

So do you usually have a hot or a cold meal - or does it vary according to how you feel?

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (161972)

• United States

11 Jul 23

It used to take tons of planning to send out those Christmas photos. Now you get someone to snap it and you can print it yourself at home in a jiffy. I spent a Christmas or two in southern California, and it was definitely not like Christmas in Oklahoma or Kansas. I think I would love a nice picnic with seafood and salads as a good change of pace for Christmas dinner.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

Just about everything is pretty much instant these days.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (140372)

• India

12 Jul 23

That's a nice picture. Christmas here is always when it is cool and we have typical Christmas sweets that we do not make at any other time in the year

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 23

We used to have more special things only at Christmas but nowadays most food items are had at other times as well.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16839)

• China

11 Jul 23

It is a precious photo ! Vince and you were very young then ! Most people associate Christmas with sledge, reindeer and Santa Claus.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

We do have some Australian type Christmas cards nowadays but many still have all the old symbols of a cold, English Christmas.

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@DaddyEvil (140814)

• United States

11 Jul 23

It's a good photo.

There have been years when the temp was much too warm on Christmas day instead of lots of snow. I remember wearing shorts and playing outside barefoot with our Christmas toys.

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@DaddyEvil (140814)

• United States

11 Jul 23

@JudyEv Yeah, mostly it's freezing during Christmas here.

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@JudyEv (345604)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 23

And we've had the odd chilly Christmas too but mostly it's hot.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (82332)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Jul 23

What a very handsome family. Great memories for you, Now that I have been in Florida for six years you know what I would like? Having someplace to spend Christmas in the snow and then returning to Florida, I miss having Christmas snow but I understand that if you wind up living in a place where Christmas comes during the summer you have to adjust. We get Christmas in the winter season anyway but we get now SNOW,

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