The true spirit of Christmas isn’t about huddling together below freezing temperatures, playing around in the snow and having roast turkey and mulled wine, year in year out. Shake it up a bit this Christmas, and strip away all the conventionalities that come with the common Christmas charade and revel and jubilate on what the core of the holiday is about, spending quality time with your loved ones whilst doing fantastical things.
For your Christmas destination this year, why not travel with the family and head on to the land down under. Where the sand, surf and sea will get you right in the mood for Saint Nicholas himself. Australia, New South Wales in particular, may not have been your first destination but it certainly remixes the holiday spirit in the best of ways. With the nation going through their season of Summer, a toasty festive holiday with a glass of the nation’s finest Shiraz in one hand as you overlook the gorgeous New South Wales skyline and food, would act as an ideally unique way to ring in both Christmas and the New Years with.
The Perfect Gift
If you’d like to get any Christmas shopping done, even a week before the holiday, prepare to be mobbed and ambushed once you even near the mall entrance, however when in Sydney, do as the Australians and visit their famous Christmas market hotspots, for a unique gift that no one else is sure to have gotten. One such marketplace is located at the precinct of The Rocks, with an oversized snow globe decorating the cobbled streets leading up to the market. The Rocks Christmas Market shows off artisanal jewellery, handmade Christmas decorations and heavenly street food and will be ongoing till the 23rd of December. So do away with waiting around shopping complexes, and go for an artisanal approach, you’re sure to be the Santa Clause of your family.
