Alan and Amanda's Adventures in Oz: Christmas in Oz!

Hello again!

I thought I would share some pictures from our first Australian Christmas. It certainly was a different kind of Christmas this year!

Our Target Christmas tree

Before Christmas, my parents and I participated in the inaugural Inter-Continental Christmas Cinnamon Bun Bake Off. We set up our respective computers in our kitchens, started a FaceTime chat and made cinnamon buns together. It was so much fun, it almost felt like we were in the kitchen together baking. Almost.

The Inaugural Inter-Continental Christmas Cinnamon Bun Bake Off begins!

You know the saying, "it's 5 o'clock somewhere"? Well, I made good use of it on baking day. And it was close to 5pm in Calgary, so I felt justified in my mid morning drinking. (Don't worry, I CAGE'd myself before imbibing.)

I was showing my parents the finished product

We chuckled to ourselves on Christmas eve, because the air con was on full blast and it was warm and humid outside, creating condensation on our patio sliding doors. It was almost like at home, when it gets so cold outside that it causes the condensation on the inside of windows to freeze. Don't worry, our air conditioner wasn't able to create frost, but in a weird way, it felt a little like home, but backwards. But hey, we are "down under" after all!

Santa was doing some pre Christmas jet-skiing on the Brisbane River earlier on Christmas eve day.

On Christmas Day we woke up and did some more mid-morning drinking.
Mimosas, just like at home!
And we had our cinnamon buns, just like at home!
And we sat on the patio, because it was already 28 degrees outside, just like at... Oh no, wait, that's different...