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.
Light up the sky
Christmas messages sent by text illuminate the Martin Place Christmas Tree in Sydney’s CBD.
Despite the heat, decorative street light displays are an annual tradition across the state, with homes and streets lit up with thousands of festive lights. Starting from December 6th the small town of Leeton offers up a splendid sight of over 200 homes decked out in twinkling fairy lights and decorations to welcome in the spirit of the season with the “Light up Leeton†event. There’s also a “Christmas Lights Spectacular†running from November 8th to January 26th, in Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley for thematically illuminated garden displays that will forever imprint themselves in your mind.
So make your own Christmas memories in Australia, and do away with the wintry wonderland of old when one can always find warmth, hearty meals and the holiday spirit, all the way down under.
