Christmas in the Antipodes

[Warrigal]

No snow in December in Australia. Christmas and the period leading up to Christmas is a time for gathering with family and friends outside. It is a time of BBQs, beach parties and fireworks.

Photos available at this link show Christmas Carols in the garden in front of my church.

Revesby Uniting Church | Revesby NSW

 

[JustDave]

I actually had to look up the definition of antipodes. I always lazily assumed it was a bunch of islands in a fixed location somewhere on earth.

 

[JustDave]

Santa needs a different outfit for the southern hemisphere. It's not like he only delivers toys to Antarctica.

 

[debodun]

Santa needs a different outfit for the southern hemisphere. It's not like he only delivers toys to Antarctica.

 

[Warrigal]

I actually had to look up the definition of antipodes. I always lazily assumed it was a bunch of islands in a fixed location somewhere on earth.

You learn something new every day, eh?

 

[Nathan]

"opposite feet"

 

[JustBonee]

Being such creatures of habit, some of us silly people (me) think we need to be under a snowdrift for Christmas, and at the beach in July.

Trying to envision how life Down Under is, has always fascinated me.

Love all your input over the years, and knowledge about things we don’t experience.

 

[Warrigal]

Christmas parade in the Northern Territory

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[Warrigal]

"opposite feet"

Exactly. Opposite to England. In other words, on the opposite side of the globe.

 

[spectratg]

Also used historically to describe people living on the opposite side of the world, particularly in relation to Britain and its colonies. The antipode of most of the Americas, including the United States, is the Indian Ocean, with some land-to-land antipodes in western Australia, Madagascar, or small French islands (Kerguelen, Amsterdam/St. Paul) for parts of Montana and Colorado; Chile and Argentina's antipodes are in China, and New Zealand's land touches Spain/Portugal, but the US mostly hits water.

The original Greek meaning is "opposite feet", as @Nathan notes.

 

[Warrigal]

Don't take this too seriously but there is a sliver of truth in this reel

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[Aunt Bea]

Being such creatures of habit, some of us silly people (me) think we need to be under a snowdrift for Christmas, and at the beach in July.

Me too but I suppose that there wasn’t much snow in Bethlehem.

 

[MarkD]

Looking around the internet for pictures of Aussi Christmas.

https://flic.kr/p/iBepvF

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[Warrigal]

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