In a rusty Holden ute!

It's christmas time. Or chrissie as they of course say here. And although there is summer and a normal day is around 30 degrees celsius the decoratios are all about Santas, snow, reindeers and snowmen. It feels a bit weird to start with but you get used to it.

Christmas trees and decorations in every store

A somewhat kitchy reindeer

Xmas holidays here are a bit like our summer holidays at home. You are more or less forced, or at least expected to take a few weeks off.
They don't celebrate xmas eve like we do in Sweden, it's actually a normal working day. Xmas day is the big thing but also boxing day is a public holiday.
One big difference in the xmas food here is that they eat a lot of seafood. Besides the ham (that doesn't taste at all like our marinated swedish, you got to have loads of prawns.

Santa looks happy. Wonder why...

In Brisbane there is a xmas parade in the city every night during december which is very popular.

Angels in the parade

And finally... Santa himself!

Also every night there is an animated film that is projected on the town hall building. This year about a koala searching for the christmas spirit, together with his friends, a kookaburra bird and a kangaroo.

Animated movie on the town hall

I'll leave you with the Australian version of Jingle Bells, really fun lyrics actually! For you not familiar with Australian cars, Holden was an Australian car maker that unfortunately closed down manufacturing in October 2017. (Strangely enough same month as I left last time...)

In a rusty Holden ute

Cheers