On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:02:37 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:48:11 +1100, Master Bruce wrote:
>
>> Christmas was never a big thing for me, but yeah, it's a bit weird
>> that it's so hot. It helps not to eat heavy European Christmas food,
>> but keep it light and seafoody in this climate. No hot chocolate or
>> mulled wine, but chardy or sauvignon etc.
>
>For our first xmas in Perth, friends served a chicken salad. Apparently
>some people still cooked a traditional British-style xmas dinner but the
>bird was always cokked a day or two ahead to have cold as a heatwave could
>strike on the day.

Yes, it's better to adjust to the weather. Who wants to eat a roast
with gravy and poached pears in red wine sauce when it's 35 degrees.
We're having prawns and salad with white wine for lunch. Not even a
pav this year, I believe.