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Published: December 24th 2007
Well, it was sunny and hot, so we did some washing, then went to town for a bit. We had a barbie cooked by Ben, went to George and Beb's to sing carols, drove round town to see the lit up houses, then went to bed, wondering if Santa would know where to stop! Not quite what we'd do at home, its not so frantic here at all, and not so much fuss made. no one thinks the shops will never open again, and in the streeets, the buskers were playing scotish reels, not carols.
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Chris, Mike & Sophie
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Does Santa Claus leave snowy footprints in Whangerei?
Well, here we are excitedly waiting for Father Christmas, knowing that he has already visited you all (hopefully!) Sophie and Chris have just made Christmas Cake (without marzipan and icing, because members of this house are a little fussy!); Mike has made stockings in preparation for midnight deliveries and we are leaving soon for Midnight Mass at St Pauls Cathedral. Looking through the photos reminds Mike and Chris of their visit and longing for the sunshine, rather than the slight damp cold that we are currently having. Mike here....have very fond memories of our NZ trip, although we explored the south island more than the north. Mind you, George did let us camp on his front drive with the posh 'campervan' we hired (much posher than our current VW camper). How does NZ compare to Wales? Glad to see you are getting a good tan and enjoying yourselves. Liked your comment about Christmas being simplere and less fussy in NZ. I really hate the commercialism of it here in the UK, with Christmas shopping followed immediately by Boxing day sales. I think NZ have got it more right. There are some good things though - just had our local church service, and we ended up with the church only lit by candles, very beautiful and quiet, a bit of peace too. Tomorrow we have a few people round (Frank and Margaret, Sophie (obviously) our friends Laura and Andy. Boxing day is a bigger group with some of 'my' (Freed) side of the family. This will include my slightly unpredictable Turkish step-mother who will almost certainly say something strange/embarassing. Better hit the whisky early to help me get through it. Anyway, hope you all have a great Christmas, and keep up the impressive blogs. Love Mike (and I guess Chris and Sophie although they seem to have wandered off.....)