• being able to recognise Mr. Whippy’s ice cream truck tune better than any christmas carol
• not being able to eat ice cream in the shade because: pohUTAKAWA FLOWERS. e v e r y w h e r e .
• surfing instead of tobogganing/sledding
• “she’ll be right,” you say as you take another burnt sausage off the barbecue
• arguing as to whether pavlovas are kiwi or aussie
• a christmas hat on the pak ‘n save stickman
• hokey pokey ice cream
• jandals instead of snow boots
• or just bare feet because it’s so much better
• not turning on christmas lights until like 10:00pm because it’s still light out
• having christmas a day earlier than the rest of the world which results in our american/english friends yelling at us about how “it’s still christmas eve and you woke me up it’s almost midnight!”