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Christmas Southern Hemisphere Style
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Posted by: Rich Rudowske 11/4/2009 8:57 PM

Down here south of the equator it is heating up to the height of summer while also approaching Christmas. The other day I went to the mall in the capital city and found that they have Christmas decorations out in full force! Big decorated pine trees, light cicles, Santa, reindeer, and my favorite of all two eight foot tall inflatable snowmen! I had brought along someone from Kang and so I decided to ask her if she knew what the snowman was. She had no idea. I explained to her that in the northern USA children make these out of snow. I then had to explain what snow was. And that it was cold. She thought the whole idea of playing with such a substance was absurd much less making a 'person' out of it. Not being a fan of cold weather myself, I tend to agree with her. So, among the swaying palm trees and glowering trees and plants we have light cicles, fake snow, snowmen and Santa in his full fur coat and hat while temps approach 100. It seems the northern hemisphere truly dictates the feel of Christmas. Lol! Check out a couple pics here

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Re: Christmas Southern Hemisphere Style    By Mom on 11/10/2009 12:55 AM
I shared this story yesterday during the power point. Now that many of us have really thought about it, it is absurd......but alot of fun.

Re: Christmas Southern Hemisphere Style    By Teresa Peterson, Trinity Lutheran Church, Sawyer M on 11/10/2009 2:42 PM
Think of playing in the snow another way.....it snows, it's all around us, we can't make it disappear, so what better thing to do than make the most of it and have some fun with it. As a child and even now, I always loved being out of doors, no matter what the temperature, so playing in the snow was just away to pass the time out of doors. <br>What I find kind of sad is that, our commerialism has traveled all the way to Africa, where many have no idea what snow is and yet there is still a market for Christmas <br>trees and inflatable snowmen. Who brings these types of items there and even more questioning is who buys them? If I were in Africa, I would much rather adopt their traditions or use what they have there to celebrate holidays. It seems we<br>still have some lessons to learn while living in other countries. God bless you and your family while on your mission and thank you for sharing your experiences. I most likey will never make the trip to Africa, but being there with you in spirit, reading your blog is the next best thing. God Bless


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