Even though there is still no snow around, the special Christmas-feeling has already caught everyone of us.
As Christmas comes closer, I am not able to get around the fact that one year ago I was on the other side of the world, celebrating Christmas with a foreign family under the sun's rays and a temperature of about 40°C.
Although experiencing a sunny Christmas in Australia was really exciting as well as a lot of fun (as we were swimming in the pool and drinking Mojitos while listening to Christmas songs with lyrics talking about snow) I have to admit, that nothing on earth can compete with the feeling of waking up on Christmas day seeing cars, streets, trees and houses covered with snow! :) To be honest I have not expected that I would miss winter, snow or cold temperatures as I have always prefered summer and hot temperatures.
Australians use to celebrate Christmas in the morning of the 25th of December. After Santa was here my host family and I had a big barbacue in the garden of the grandmother's house. We jumped into the pool, played some games and in the end we watched a Christmas movie.
Despite the fact that there is never any snow in Australia (except a few places in the very South) also Australians are watching the good old Christmas movies where there is always lots of snow when Santa arrives. But still there are people in Australia who have never seen snow before! Can you imagine that?
Admittedly it was still quite hard for me to get into the "Christmas feeling". Not only have I been away from my family the whole Christmas period, but also have I had problems of getting the real Christmas feeling because of the temperature. You don't think it's Christmas when the sun is shining and your body is soaked in sweat.
Summing up I can say that celebrating Christmas in another culture was a great experience that I will never forget. Nevertheless, Christmas at home with your family and a landscape covered in snow is MUCH BETTER!! ;) Since the day I am back from my journey I was looking forward to this time of the year.
Just one more wish.. LET IT SNOW! :)
What, 40°C at Christmas?! My god, that sounds impossible to me ^^
ReplyDeleteI understand why you missed Christmas in Austria with all the snow ;)
Did you build this sand snowman with your host kids or is it just a picture from the Internet??
hehe yes, the 1st of december is the beginning of the summer in Australia ;)
ReplyDeleteyes I actually did build a sandsnowman, but the one you see on the picture in my post is from the internet :D