Hot Christmas?

I've just got back from a week in Cape Town and did not feel Christmassy at all. Once. The whole time I was there, which was strange as I've been feeling Christmassy since mid October! There were Christmas decorations everywhere, so it wasn't that, it was purely because Christmas should be cold, and so to me it felt like July or August so ages away from Christmas.

This was the Christmas tree at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Beautiful, and very traditional, but it's not right that the people standing next to it are in sundresses and shorts and T-shirts!!

I've only spent one Christmas away from home, and that was when I was in Namibia in 2009. We went to the beach, we drank cider, and Father Christmas skydived into the bar on the beach, It was weird. It didn't feel the slightest bit like Christmas, more that we were just acting out Christmas. 

Christmas in Swakopmund

So although I was sad when I got back yesterday, and it was drizzly and horrible, I am now very much back in the wrapped up warm mulled wine Christmas spirit! Yay!