Among our many contacts in Oz including all of my family, who apart from the offspring were born here, they all say Christmas isn't Christmas in the scorching heat of an Aussie summer. In fact one of our friends now resident in Perth waxes quite lyrical about condensation streamimg down the windows here when cooking the Christmas dinner! On the other hand New Year which I detest,would somehow be great in Sydney - they seem to have that off to a tee.
Vanessa Smith ● 7442d