Merry Christmas

 

May your Christmas be filled with love, laughter and goodwill,
And may the year ahead be full of contentment and joy.
Have a very Merry Christmas

Christmas On The Beach - A song

We don't want no holly or mistletoe
We don't want no Christmas tree with artificial snow
We don't want no Snowman made of cotton wool
We're not a bunch of fools

Christmas on the beach, Christmas on the beach
Pack your picnic hamper up we're gonna have a feast
Underneath the huge Pohutukawa tree
Christmas on the beach

We don't want no reindeer, we don't want no sleigh
We just want some sunshine and a good old holiday
We don't want to suffocate in our shoes and socks
We don't want to sit around the box

I hope you all have a wonderful day wherever in the world you might be. Here in New Zealand, Christmas is a time when Kiwis (the people- not the bird or the fruit) traditionally pack their shorts, togs (swimsuit), sun screen, jandals (flipflops), boats, surf boards, fishing rods, deckchairs, tents; near everything bar the kitchen sink & climb into their cars to escape the towns & cities…..and where some will sit in endless traffic jams as hundreds of thousands do the same thing all over New Zealand. All trying to rush off to the beach so they can hurry up and relax!

Eventually they will arrive – at the beach, the lake, the river, the forest, the mountains, the camping ground, the bach or crib (holiday home), or Mum & Dads’ (like us this year) where they’ll plonk themselves down in the summer sun and enjoy one anothers’ company, have BBQs, eat, drink, get merry and of course, recharge.

David & I feel very privileged that we have been living this lifestyle 24/7 for the last 14 months- except the ‘get merry’ of course- and enjoying every moment of our great adventure.

I would like to especially send best wishes, kindest regards and a big thankyou to all my regular blog readers for making me part of your life. Without you I wouldn’t have been able to watch as the counter ticked over 80,000 views a few nights ago- now that is up there as one of the best Christmas presents ever! It makes all the hard, but enjoyable, work worthwhile.