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Oct 12th 2010, 4:36 am

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

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Originally Posted by Charismatic

We should have a second Christmas in the middle of our winter.

Some of us do....it's called a Mid Winter Christmas.

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Oct 12th 2010, 7:51 am

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

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Originally Posted by Expat Kiwi

Our Christmas day is usually beach in the morning til it gets too hot and then back home for a barbie which takes most of the rest of the day.

Just curious out of the past five Christmases in Auckland, which one was too hot to stay at the beach?

25th December 2009 - Maximum High 24c
25th December 2008 - Maximum High 20c (Mostly cloudy)
25th December 2007 - Maximum High 23c (Mostly cloudy & rainy)
25th December 2006 - Maximum High 20c (Mostly cloudy)
25th December 2005 - Maximum High 21c (Mostly cloudy)

Oct 12th 2010, 11:18 pm

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

I think Expat Kiwi lives in the land of the dingo's Bo.

Oct 13th 2010, 12:51 am

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

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I've done 3 in Wellington now and none of those were anything to write home about weather-wise. It's a Christmas where it doesn't get dark till late (so tree lights a waste of time for kids) it's not a sunny Christmas Day per se.

Oct 13th 2010, 1:55 am

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

5 christmases now and will never get used to it. I miss the snow at christmas.

All but one have been stonking up here.
Last year...

Oct 13th 2010, 3:33 am

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

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I live in Australia now. A couple of hours in the morning does us very nicely.

Oct 13th 2010, 8:57 am

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

Oops, good job, cos I thought you must have been 'avin a laugh about it being too hot!!

One Christmas here I recall we were wearing fleeces at the beach.

Oct 14th 2010, 5:34 am

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

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5 christmases now and will never get used to it. I miss the snow at christmas.

All but one have been stonking up here.
Last year...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9MybhccD4Q...0/P1040607.jpg

Now Pixi-dust
You are just showing off how many friends you have made lol. We are all jealous

We had Xmas Day last year with another expat family...hate doing it with just us.

Oct 14th 2010, 5:57 am

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

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Oops, good job, cos I thought you must have been 'avin a laugh about it being too hot!!

One Christmas here I recall we were wearing fleeces at the beach.

You know what. I think I have a pic like that somewhere of us and friends doing the BBQ thing in the rain and fleeces on Rabbit. Determined is what we were.

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Originally Posted by luvwelly

Now Pixi-dust
You are just showing off how many friends you have made lol.
We had Xmas Day last year with another expat family...hate doing it with just us.

Come to us

but we can only do ham and plastic knives and forks.

Bring your own earplugs.

Oct 14th 2010, 7:01 am

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Re: Will i ever get used to it

I won't miss the run up to xmas and the time after it, where its cold, wet, snowy and dark when I bike to work.

It sure will be different, but one can't help a little boasting to the people back home when were on skype in shorts and tshirt on xmas day!