Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Happy Christmas

Christmas celebrations began in true Canadian style... A Christmas Parade...



... with a camel's backside leading the way!


Some Canadian flags were proudly displayed...


... But our mate Bruce held the fort for the Aussies!!


Dan continued her pursuit of ice skating expertise (and dropped into Santa's workshop for a break)...


Whilst Dave instead, pursued the warmth of the fire and the safety of dry land!


A parade of 'carol ships' decorated the harbour... (and gave Dave an excuse to try some pretty swish photography)


We discovered that Canada is the home of the Gingerbread house...


With a Canadian chef winning a Guinness world record for the largest Gingerbread Man! (about 8ft long!)


We didn't attempt the Gingerbread man, but we did decorate our house...


...and 'ahhd' and 'oood' at the beautiful light displays in the many gardens around the city.


Dan and our friend Kari, thought it would be the only time in the year they could get away with being thought of as 'angels'...


... and it worked! Dan got herself a hug!


Have a happy hot christmas and avoid telling us the temperature when you write to us! Keep in touch,

Love...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well actually, it was 44.2 deg C on New Year's Day.

Dave said...

-5 is probably better than +44. Hope the beaches are safe now...