The summer holidays are fuelled by watermelon chunks
The QVB is one of my favourite places for Christmas shopping and the catching of the Yuletide vibe in Sydney and I’ll be there for Santa photos as well as a side trip to the Haigh’s chocolate store.
Work winds down a bit and there’s this collective dropping of hunched shoulders and slowing of habitual walking speeds as we surrender to the holiday season. The wards get decorated, we have lunch in the multi-purpose rooms and Master SSG is already asking about his invitation to said lunch.
I love seeing the decorations on the streets of the ‘hood as well as the endlessly creative ways that the stores interpret the spirit of Christmas in their front windows.
There’s something about garlands, holly and glistening bells that never fails to help me pick up the pace in those final K’s on the run home in the morning.
Master SSG and I will be at the Opera House again this year for our annual matinee and lunch. Jay Laga’aia was brilliant last year and I can’t wait to see who the Opera House has lined up this year.
The tree tunk ‘snow man’ we discovered on a walkabout with mum and dad last Christmas… |
Mum and Dad will be coming to stay with us for Christmas again this year and this is the most treasured gift Master SSG and I receive. Mum and Dad love going out for dinner and even better if it’s a slap up Chinese meal which ends with fried ice cream. We also do things like just go driving for a bit to see what’s what and I invariably end the drive having discovered yet a little more about this city thanks to their curiosity.
After laying out the snacks for Santa, I’ll be taking one last look at my Donna Hay trifle before heading for bed. All is always well on the night before Christmas. I drift to sleep in a cloud of excitement, fatigue and anticipation of the day ahead.
The door does not lie. Christmas Day is a day I spend living, loving and eating with feeling.
Morning tea is a celebration of baked goods. I have a thing for almonds and marzipan at the moment so it’ll be stollen over rum balls and fruit mince pies for me.
Welcome to our Continental Drift linkup! The reason we are dabbling at a link up was that we wanted to connect and learn from bloggers from all across the world about their passions and lifestyle. We will host the Continental Drift link-up the first of every month. The concept for myself and my fellow hosts (Mutton Style & Bo’s Bodacious Blog) is that we, the hosts, will write a post about our life on our continent/Country/state over the past month (hence the name) and our favorite thing from the month.
From June 1st we began writing around a prompt. You are welcome to join us using the prompt or link-up with any family friendly topic that you like, be it DIY, cooking, sewing, crafts, lifestyle, de-cluttering, traveling, moving homes, fashion, style, beauty, make up, etc. Your hosts to this linkup come from UK, Canada and Australia. Enjoy getting to know each other!