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Christmas in NZ

Sky Tower at Christmas

On my way to speak at the Evolve conference in Brisbane, I stopped briefly in Auckland for a business meeting. I like Auckland - it feels very live-able and I find most of the local people I meet so friendly and living such a rich life.

One of the interesting topics I heard discussed is Christmas. While us northern-hemisphere types associate it with cold weather and warm fires, Kiwis associate it with hot weather and hot fires (under the barbeque) as well as lazing on the beach. Consequently it's amusing the way that everything is still dressed in red, green and snow (see the Sky Tower to the right for example - it's normally like this) and there are merry songs everywhere begging it to snow, snow, snow. It's all as correct as a fair-haired 'baby Jesus' figure I suppose...

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