Spooky Holidays 2010/11

[Belle]

(07-12-2010 07:36 AM)JHyde Wrote:  It's a very strange thing, believe me, given that so many Christmas traditions involve cold weather. Especially the food. Most Australians embrace the difference and have a party on the beach or at least have seafood. My family continues to sweat on, even when there's a fire ban we still have a roast.

At my godmother's in the evening my-very-large-in-number-family-on-my-mother's-side have a pot luck that is mostly cold cuts and salads. Kind of more appropriate.

Well, if it's hot and you still have a roast, that must be good for the figure because while you eat, you sweat it of immidiatly

I can't imagine celebrating X-mas in a bikini, but I guess it's all up to what you are used to.
In Belgium, most of the people dream of a white X-mas (mostly we get a rainy or just very cold X-mas instead, except in the south of the country)
(I've always wondered where that wish came from, could it be from that song by Bing Crosby?)
They've introduced having a pot luck as being the hype this year, but I don't think it will become a common thing over here, most of us are rather traditional when it comes to family dinners, meaning: sweating over the stove for hours while preparing a multi-course dinner.