We were blessed this year with a classic Hawke's Bay Kiwi Christmas. The weather was not too hot, not too cold, not too windy and just the right amount of sun for a day at the beach.
Christmas Eve dinner on the deck
Richie enjoying his first Christmas cookie
Christmas lunch at the beach with the obligatory party hats (part of the imported UK Christmas cracker tradition)
Richie and Paul hit the beach after lunch
Did I mention how gorgeous the water was?
Me and my little man. Doesn't he look like a mini J Crew ad here? Totally by accident
It's our 5th Christmas here, and as we polished off our eggnog pie on the deck overlooking the sea at the end of the day and heard cheesy pop songs wafting over from the neighbor's patio, we finally got it. Kiwi's treat Christmas like Americans treat Fourth of July but add the presents. They go to the beach, have a bbq, set off fireworks or noisemakers and get silly drunk by the end of the day with friends.
We're not complaining, it just finally made sense. But we combined some of our family traditions (Swedish meatballs, eggnog pie, Christmas cookies, etc) with our favorite Kiwi ones and had a grand old time. Hope you all had a great holiday too!
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