The Off-Season Christmastide Vibes!
Christmas in Sydney is done differently, with two celebrations - one in July and one in December! The trend of sending out Christmas cards adorned with snowmen and reindeers or welcoming Santa dressed in red woollies does not make any sense as the Southern Hemisphere experiences summer in December. If you've been to Sydney during the 'real' Christmas season, your memories would revolve around sun-kissed beaches, cricket tournaments, Carols by Candlelight and Santa dressed in shorts! Christmas is the perfect season to chill-out in comfortable clothes and thongs, with a stubby. Seafood platters, BBQs and Pavlova cover the dining table instead of cakes and gingerbread. Many tourists from the Northern Hemisphere visit popular Christmas party venues in Sydney to escape the cold and indulge their long-overdue desire for the perfect tan. Locals also organise public events and celebratory year-end parties, with corporate party planners coming up with Christmas party ideas that ar