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Santa Around the World! Santa is indeed a very popular figure around the world. To Christians in the African Republic of Ghana, Father Christmas comes from the jungle. In Hawaii he comes by boat. On the Nerang River in Australia he rides water skis, wears a white beard and red bathing trunks. In Brazil Grandpapa

Christmas in NZ meg It’s Summer time in New Zealand around the Christmas season, a common activity is going to the beach or having a swim on Christmas! It’s quite funny singing Christmas carols about snow and snowmen! However there are alot of Christmas cards around with Santa sitting on the beach under a beach

Balloons as ornaments! Becky I spent 3 years in New Zealand about 15 years ago and I’ll never forget my first experience of a Kiwi Christmas tree. My family is from the USA and when it came time to start decorating the tree we had all our traditional Christmas ornaments that we had packed up

Christmas in New Zealand Staff Christmas comes in summertime in New Zealand, just as it does in Australia. Families often celebrate by having a picnic at the beach. The shops are decorated with scenes familiar to countries like England – Father Christmas with his red cloak and white beard, snow scenes; all this means Christmas

Christmas Dinner marilyn For our family in New Zealand Christmas Dinner is rast Lamb with mint sauce, Roast kumera, new potatoes (freshly picked from Grandmas garden and other fresh veges.)Dessert always includes Pavalova covered with whipped cream and strawberries. Christmas afternoon is spent out on the lawn under the big trees watching the children play