Our girls love Christmas. Tess in particular has a fondness for talking about Santa, singing "Jingle Bells" year 'round and playing in snow. To the girls' delight Balmain Public puts together a school event called Christmas in July. I saw references to this early in the year and had no clue what it could mean. After asking around I found out that the tradition stems from the desire to celebrate Christmasy traditions during the coldest time of year in Australia. Several hotels up in the Blue Mountains offer whole weekend packages where they serve a full roast turkey dinner with mulled wine and minced pies. In the mountains one might even see a few snowflakes. Around here it's not nearly that cold but at 50 degrees outside at night it still felt nice to hold a warm drink and eat a meat pie.
So on Friday evening we headed up to school as a family. We listened to kids sing carols.
We decorated ornaments, bracelets and gingerbread cookies.
Tess borrowed a red and green outfit (complete with reindeer clip) from a friend. We had a lot of fun. I'm glad we could take part in another distinctly 'stralian tradition.
Love your blog, loved Christmas in July, loved that Tess didn't even flinch when my red paint exploded onto her hair. Will miss you girls.
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