On 24 Dec 2006 00:04:26 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>Barry wrote:
>
>> Times have changed though...We do live in a 'Hot' climate here in Oz.. The
>> reverse to the 'Northern Hemisphere... (some of us celebrate the old
>> traditional Christmas in Oz during 'July')
>
>Informal meals seem to be the rule of the day for summer, and that applies
>to Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere -- for the most part. However, there
>are those who'd like to see a more formal affair, and I think that Barry
>listed most of the things that would naturally grace a formal dinner table
>in hot weather: Poached salmon, cold chicken/turkey, cold ham, and grilled
>seafood.
<snippage of lovely menu>

I have friends in New Zealand (Dunedin). They celebrate Christmas
much as we celebrate the 4th of July, menu-wise. And then in the dead
of winter (July), they celebrate a second Christmas with a menu more
or less like the traditional ones about which we've been talking.

TammyM