I know I shouldn’t be writing on Christmas Day, but I don’t get access to the net so much since I moved back to civilisation. Today I’m having christmas at my aunt’s house and they have a cable ready made for me to connect my PC to so I took advantage and brought it along.<\/p>\n
It’s hardly a traditional Aussie christmas, though. For a start, it’s been quite cold since I got back two weeks ago. Last year was 45C on christmas eve, but I’ve been wearing a jumper much of the time since I returned. At least the sun is out today. The other is that christmas is usually such a festive gathering of many branches of the family, with presents passing in every direction. This year, my parents have split up, so I don’t even have the whole immediate family together. And of course, I’m missing Marie. Then Mum, Dad and I are all in the middle of moving house, so we decided it was all too difficult to do presents.<\/p>\n
My aunt and family have provided some sense of normality by serving up a huge cold lunch on christmas day, with ham, turkey and cold salads. And then there is a pile of bon-bons with the usual crappy jokes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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