Christmas is coming

Thu 24 December 2009 9:29am by
Filed under: Consumerism, Culture, Melbourne 

So here we are, Christmas Eve. After yesterday’s heat, it was still 30 degrees C overnight. Thankfully it’s cooled down now to 25, and I’ve opened up the house to let it all in — though hopefully not too many flies.

Tomorrow we’ll pile over to my sister’s house for Christmas lunch, but it’s looking like we won’t get to use the pool, as evidently it will be cooler, so not the stinking hot Australian Christmas we sometimes get.

“We can’t replicate an Australian Christmas over here. It’s too cold. Sometimes it snows. You can hear sleigh bells. Nah, it’s not like Christmas at all.” — Lee Tulloch in New York, The Age, 22/12/99

Brighton Beach Station Christmas decorations
Brighton Beach station

Bourke St at Christmas time
Bourke Street

Little Bourke St at Christmas time
Little Bourke Street

To all those reading, thanks for all the comments over the year, and have a great Christmas and New Year.

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12 comments on Christmas is coming

  1. Toria on Thu, 24th Dec 2009 10:39 am

    2. Merry Christmas to you and your family Daniel! I hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday. We’re expecting a fine Christmas Day here, but then on Boxing Day a horribly system of snow, freezing rain and rain will move in. Ugh! They can’t predict what combination we’ll get until the system is actually here. But suffice it to say, it won’t be a good day to travel, obviously.

  2. Doug on Thu, 24th Dec 2009 10:56 am

    3. Dang! Quite envious of all that sunshine, given the slippery/freezing conditions over here in the UK …

  3. Suzie on Thu, 24th Dec 2009 11:13 am

    4. Hope you stay safe over the festive season.

    Doug, we’d really like some of your rain.

  4. Nathan on Thu, 24th Dec 2009 12:21 pm

    5. Merry Xmas to you and yours Daniel. Enjoy the break.

  5. Stitch Sista on Thu, 24th Dec 2009 12:37 pm

    6. Merry Christmas to you too! Hope 2010 is a great year for you and yours!

  6. Paul on Thu, 24th Dec 2009 2:48 pm

    7. Merry Christmas to you and the boys Daniel

  7. Konrad Talmont-Kaminski on Thu, 24th Dec 2009 7:21 pm

    8. Merry Xmas, mate. I’ve been listening to Tim Minchin’s White Wine in the Sun and missing the heat and my picnics in the RBG on the 1st.

  8. Perer on Thu, 24th Dec 2009 8:14 pm

    9. Christmas is coming… Get the towel!

  9. Ronnie on Thu, 24th Dec 2009 11:41 pm

    10. Merry Christmas to you too, and all the best for the New Year!!
    I was quite disappointed I couldn’t find a decorated Ventura Bus this year. Last year, Ventura decorated (I think) bus 887, with tinsel and everything.

  10. tonyinjapan on Fri, 25th Dec 2009 11:55 am

    11. My 12th (or so) Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere. However, I’ve never had snow fall around me on a Christmas Day (a true ‘White Christmas’ apparently).

    I spent the Christmas Eve out with my wife (here in Japan, Christmas Eve is akin to Valentine’s Day for the young, and for the married with families, eating KFC and a gaudily decorated sponge cream cake.

    Today – Christmas Day – is a working day, and all the Christmas decorations will have disappeared in the stores, to be replaced by the traditional Japanese New Year’s decorations. Christmas stops on Dec 24 here!

    Christmas in Japan is often a bizarre event, but I’ll celebrate here with my wife (who has taken the day off).

  11. Andrew V on Sat, 26th Dec 2009 7:40 pm

    12. Merry Christmas Daniel, to you and your family. May this season be a great one for all, and may we all have a Happy New Year.

  12. Jed on Sat, 26th Dec 2009 9:55 pm

    13. A late merry Christmas to you too Daniel!!