Xmas Icons

Yesterday I got a wee gift in the mail, it was a tiny wee pair of jandles to hang on my tree, combined with my boy walking round the house singing a wee song with lines like : "we don't want your fake snow, we want Christmas on the beach"
What are the things that define Xmas for you here in sunshine

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the multiple santas walking past each other in town

pohutakawa treees, its the "new zealand xmas tree"

our spa pool being filled up......12 days before xmas.....coincides with the xmas tree decorating......

barbeques

(Tim Allen grunt noises) Ugh ugh ugh... BBQing would be my favourite part of xmas too. I bought my dad a Bar-B-Boss set for xmas: hi-polish stainless steel fork, tongs and spatula- complete with tenderising edge, serated knife edge & bottle opener. Ugh ugh ugh!

Crying, spoilt, bratty children.
Drunk, coma-ed out grandparents.
Perverted uncles.
Crowded shopping malls.
Tinny, repetitive songs.
Bullshit religion.
Broken toys.
Divorced parents arguing over who gets the kid this year.
Females doing all the cooking & cleaning up while the males play drunken golf.
Fussy eaters.
"What are you doing next year?" & "How's your boyfriend?" & "Have you got a job?"
Sunburn.
Gossip.

This is what Christmas means to me.

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