{"id":43289,"date":"2017-12-24T14:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com?p=43289"},"modified":"2017-12-22T13:32:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T13:32:30","slug":"5-stages-brits-first-christmas-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefix.boohoo.com\/au\/story\/5-stages-brits-first-christmas-australia","title":{"rendered":"5 Stages Of A Brit&#8217;s First Christmas In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Christmas in Aus &#8211; it&#8217;s something that people can&#8217;t quite get their heads round. Do people really go to the beach on Christmas Day? Do sandmen actually exist?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here are our top 5 discoveries&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3o7aCWyZke09NwjeSI\/giphy.gif?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1. It&#8217;s seriously hot\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Note to self &#8211; a Christmas jumper might look festive AF, but it&#8217;s just not worth the meltdown (literally)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/12HFqNl5DrMWoU\/giphy.gif?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">2. People really do &#8216;put another shrimp on the barbie&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yep, seafood is more popular than Turkey on the big day<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/h4Z6RfuQycdiM\/giphy.gif?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">3. Not everyone just sits around all day&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">People play cricket and have water fights. Erm, I think we&#8217;ll stick to the sofa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/lvHNDZT4026Os\/giphy.gif?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">4. Santa can surf!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Okay so we can&#8217;t confirm if that&#8217;s actually Mr Claus himself, but we do know that surfers are partial to wearing a santa hat at least<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/y6kXnBrmbdQCQ\/giphy.gif?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">5. Their decorations are LIT (quite LITerally)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It might be 40 degrees, but that ain&#8217;t stopping anyone when it comes to hanging out the fairy lights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas in Aus &#8211; it&#8217;s something that people can&#8217;t quite get their heads round. 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