Christmas in the Box

Christmas has been and gone for another year but I have an inkling that Christmas 2008 will be one that I'll remember for many years to come. The obvious reason for this is of course because I spent it overseas, but there are several other reasons why the festive season of 2008 will be a memorable one. 

Family shot-Christmas eve

I have always enjoyed the decorating side of Christmas-reindeers, snowmen, snowflakes and Father Christmas all rugged up in his boots and fur-trimmed suit-but it has often struck me that such images didn't quite fit with an Australian Christmas. Of course I'm not the first person to point this out and there are always the Aussie-style Christmas decorations, but the more common Christmas decorations are still more suited to the Northern Hemisphere. It may not happen again for a long time but I am very excited to say that for 2008 I spent Christmas in a place where you could dream of a white Christmas and know that it could actually happen! We didn't get any snow on Christmas day (it fell two days earlier!) but Father Christmas still needed his fur-trimmed suit and boots that's for sure! 

Our Christmas tree-I doubt we'll be seeing one with as 

many post-packs under it for quite some time!

Luke, Dusty and I spent a very cosy day in our box and while we were away from our families in Australia, we had each other and that made the day just so special. We've been through a lot together here, us three from the box, and to have made it to Christmas intact and still sane was a great milestone for us. So we celebrated our year of adventure with a delicious roast lunch, apple crumble for dessert and plenty of relaxation and Skype calls to folks back home. 

Dusty wasn't too pleased about this 

but I think the roast lunch made up for it!

While I don't plan on spending any more Christmases overseas any time soon, there was something magical about spending just one in the Northern Hemisphere, and thanks to the wonders of technology, we didn't even feel too disconnected! Look, I don't know about 'Silent Night' but we are in a 'Winter Wonderland' here at the moment, I just hope we get a whole lot more snow before it's time for us to say goodbye.

Lucy