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Four years ago, Christmas meant hot sunny days spent relaxing by the pool, cold turkey and ham for lunch, with a side of pineapple and beetroot. This year, that will be what my family does on Christmas Day.
Meanwhile, I’ll be praying it’s above -15 and for lots of snow. Nothing like going snowboarding on Christmas Day! And there’s definitely still something very special about snowfall on Christmas Day. I quite enjoy a white Christmas.
But I’ve come to realize the temperature isn’t the only difference between a Canadian and an Australian Christmas. For example, our Christmas Carol’s seem to vary a little bit so, here are some true blue Aussie Jingle Bells for you:
Dashing through the bush
In a rusty Holden Ute
Kicking up the dust
Esky in the boot
Kelpie by my side
Singing Christmas songs
It’s summer time and I am in
My singlet, shorts & thongs
To clarify, a Holden Ute is GM brand car, a boot is a trunk, an esky a cooler, and thongs are worn securely on the feet.
I always enjoy educating the Fitzhugh office on some good old classic Australian songs – be it Christmas or otherwise (Google for ‘happy little vegemite’). So, I figured it was time we made a Christmas Carol for Jasper. And, what better than the 12 days of Christmas?
In Australia we have ten dingoes, nine wombats, eight koalas, and a kookaburra in a gum tree. In Canada, (as per Bob and Doug’s 12 days of Christmas) there are four pounds of back bacon, five golden toques and three French toast.
Meanwhile in Jasper we have...
12 Wolves losses
11 Ski bums
10 Local Art shows
9 24-hour Adrenaline teams
8 Gun-touting wardens
7 Illegal suite evictees
6 Councillors a-sleeping
5 Patricia Street Snowmen
4 Maligne Caribou
3 Frustrating blackouts (in one day)
2 Harlequin Ducks
and a totem pole in the compound.
However you spend your Christmas Day – on the ski hill, home with family, working like a dog – I hope it’s a good one!
Merry Christmas everyone! |
