Ōtautahi / Christchurch Daily Photo

Santa was at the Arts Centre today, and it appears he was handing out Cadbury Favourite chocolates (nom nom nom). Poor Santa, it was quite warm today and there he is in that big old beard and hat. I’ve never experienced Christmas in winter – always summer, and it didn’t seem odd to me as a child, but as an adult I find it quite weird that we cling to all of these Northern Hemisphere traditions as they often don’t make sense. For instance, it’s often not dark now until 9.3opm or 10.pm even – so putting Christmas lights on before then just seems pointless! I’d love to experience a white Christmas – it’s definitely on my ‘bucket list’.