Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Jan 14, 2015 12:57:09 GMT
NO NO NO NO NO...>>>>>>>>>>>>> runs away screaming.
But hang on.....
I suppose cultural difference.
Candle mass, held mid winder, which is now absorbed into out one big "thing", is the old pagan old way that the people held a candle vigil at Mid winter to wish for a good year to follow.
In Australia, and in all south of the line places, its the other way round, so any candle mass mid winter would be June/July.
I have never really though this one through like that before.
I suppose its natural for those that live there....
So, question, do these people have a "Token" Xmas in December and do a full on winter based celebration in the depths of an Aussie bleak winter?....
I could handle that.
LOL! Stop your screaming Dragon you upsetting the Yowie (Australia's version of Bigfoot).
What people do is go to the snow to have the "Christmasy" experience - without all the stress. Basically people go down to the snowfield hotels, goof around in the snow all day - skiing, snowboarding, slay rides ect. Do some 'traditional European' winter/Christmas things - Wassailing/carolling, make snowmen, drink mulled wine & eat hot chestnuts ect. & at the end of the day they go into their hotels, warm/clean up & then have a big English Christmas style dinner. Roast turkey, potato's, stuffing, pudding ect. Some people give gifts but not many do - it's more about having the 'experience' rather than getting more loot.
Most people go full on here for the real Christmas - & the retailers certainly do like to milk it for all it's worth.
Some people will do a 'hot' meal on the day, but because of the heat most people will do like my family does & have a cold/anti pasto style meal - a lot of people will have seafood for Christmas (if you live so close to the ocean why not have prawns & lobster for Christmas dinner). People who are religious will still follow the European calendar when it comes to religious services so candle mass would be held at the same time (give or take 24 hours) as it is in the Northern Hemisphere.
