As a young girl, I lived in Canada for a couple of years so I have experienced a White a Christmas, but for me the warm sun, and lazy days are the norm at this time of the year. Last night we wandered into the city centre after dinner to enjoy the different decorations. first stop was Crown where there was a delightful display that came to life every half hour. The big tradition is the Myer windows. Myer is a national department shop here in Australia and each year the windows in the city are decorated, telling a selected Christmas story over around 8 windows. The displays are beautiful and always feature animation of some sort. The last window features a traditional scene.
When our older children were young we would go to look at around 1am, otherwise the line to see the windows is more than an hour long. Sadly last night the line was very long, so we went inside the shop and enjoyed another tradition, coffee and cake at Brunetti. This cafe has served the people of Melbourne for decades and in recent times the family has opened branches all over.
Coffee finished and we headed off to the Town Hall where we were surprised by a wonderful light show projected onto the Town Hall. It was like a mini taste of White Night and it was great. I took a video but it was pretty bad, so here is the professional one. http://youtu.be/yhP1hffE1ek
Finally we made our way back to the car, naturally we stopped for a nice drink (at a bar by the river), and gelato.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and we will be joined by close friends to celebrate with our Christmas dinner. I hope you all have a great Christmas too.
