Forgive us for being poor bloggers. Per our previous posts, we have had a few curve balls thrown at us- a parent dying and a quick trip back to Oregon for Cara and single parenthood for 3 weeks for me. Cara arrived back on the 11th and went right back to work and we mostly have settled back into "normal" life in Aotearoa.
We managed to scrape by a Christmas spirit of sorts. We bought a live Christmas pine tree from the Anglicans. It really more resembled a Christmas bush or a Charlie Brown tree than the trees we are accustomed to in the land of douglas and noble firs. Our friend R gave us a box of Christmas ornaments which gave the tree some much needed x-mas cred. All in all it had its own special charm.
We played our Crosby, Sinatra and John Denver and the Muppets x-mas music but somehow the snowy, firelight images didn't mesh with 75 degrees and baaing sheep. The kids were thrilled to have some x-mas cheer in the house and enjoyed opening their presents. After all, presents in the Southern Hemisphere are still presents and Santa visited us first, which was cool.
The next day (Boxing Day, a new holiday for us yanks) was spent at the beach in Sumner, building sand castles and watching Will fall into the surf.
It has been a strange, lonely but memorable Christmas for our family. Enjoy the pics...
That definitely qualifies as a Christmas bush, but it was still Christmas and Santa did bring presents. Love the looks on the kids' faces opening presents and at the beach.
ReplyDeleteIt must be strange to have christmas in the middle of summer. Maybe you should celebrate it in July, or have another christmas in July.
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