{"id":5,"date":"2006-12-24T18:37:19","date_gmt":"2006-12-25T02:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/personalblog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2019-09-05T15:58:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T23:58:46","slug":"christmas-eve-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/personalblog\/christmas-eve-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve in the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

So this is my first Christmas in Southern California, and what can I say, it’s very different from what I’m used to. First of all, the weather is just not the way it should be. We had around 70 degrees Fahrenheit (around 20-something degrees Celsius) and the sun was shining. So I decided to spend a good part of the day reading at the beach in Oceanside. Here are some pictures I took with my mobile phone:<\/p>\n

\"Oceanside\"<\/p>\n

\"Sunset,<\/p>\n

Mind you, this isn’t the first time I have a Christmas in the sun. During my time in Australia in 2001 we spent Christmas Eve at the beach in Surfers Paradise at the Sunshine Coast. It was even hotter then, because in Australia it’s really summer now, whereas here in San Diego it’s winter…at least, officially. For me, it’s still kind of warm considering the season.<\/p>\n

So the weather doesn’t really help in getting into a Christmas mood. Another difference from Austria is the food. In Austria nobody I know of ever has Turkey for dinner on Christmas Day. What’s up with that? Wasn’t turkey supposed to be the thing to have on Thanksgiving. Christmas is just a month later and apparently people here in the US use that as an excuse to stuff themselves with turkey again. Poor turkeys. They get chased down, killed and eaten twice a year. Must be tough being a turkey \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Anyway, wherever you are in the world, have a happy Christmas. Oh, and don’t forget to check out my new Christmas Medley<\/a> that I recorded over the last few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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