POLL: Celebrating an Aussie Christmas lunch: Indoors or Outdoors?

5 years ago

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Australia's beautiful climate allows us to celebrate Christmas outdoors if we choose, whilst our friends in the northern hemisphere are usually too cold to sit outside. When it's time for Christmas lunch, do you have it outdoors or indoors?

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Wild Bear & Co Hervey Bay

5 years ago

Depends on the weather... in Queensland, if it’s a sticky, humid, hot summers day with not a breath of wind, it’s inside in the air con near the Christmas tree or we risk being roasted separately to our lunch lol. If there is a nice breeze, we’re outside on the deck. This year we are hoping to have sold our house & be sweltering in a shed waiting for our next house to be built.... so might just take some rum balls, Christmas cake & mangos down to the beach & sit in the ocean lol

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oklouise
5 years ago
FLIES!!
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Julia Fairley
5 years ago
The main meal will be hosted indoors, though we'll probably set up an outdoor table for drinks, nibbles and general overflow of food and people.
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Chiquit Brammall
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Outdoors: It's the best way to enjoy the aromas wafting from the barbie. Yum!
Allie Broadland
5 years ago
Outdoors 100%!
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Emily Lancuba
5 years ago
Usually have the main spread inside, but eat outside around the table/on a picnic blanket on the lawn under the sun
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Test test
5 years ago
Outdoors but in the shade :)
juliamac19
5 years ago
I recall a Christmas we had a few years ago, outside. With recently emigrated young Pom cousins and her parents who'd come to visit for Christmas. Under the shade of market umbrellas and table spread with the works, roast pork, turkey and the trimmings. They were scarlet in the face with sweat poppin everywhere (so did we). Finally I said let's go inside for dessert and we headed for the aircon. The parents said wow that was hot whereupon we fell about laughing saying we'd never eat outside in this heat, and welcome to the Aussie sense of humour! To be fair I didn't realise it was going to be quite so hot. They've sure never forgotten it.
colemaca59
5 years ago
We always have Christmas under our avenue of London Plane trees. The temperature is at least 10 degrees cooler with a beautiful breeze wafting through. All the family come to have fun and the kids are usually exploring the creek, playing chasing a or riding bikes! Food is cooked between the kitchen and the bbq with courses coming out as needed. It is always a beautiful long lunch and very relaxing
Shirley Newlove
5 years ago
Too many flies!!
Jennifer Bradley
5 years ago
Depends - first, on where you live, secondly on the weather that year (sometimes it's not conducive to eating outside), other, whether you have air conditioning, your outside facilities. I don't think there's a simple yes or no.
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AH Designs
5 years ago
Outside under our pergola always!!
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5 years ago
It's outside at our place!
adele_moon
5 years ago
Christmas lunch on the lovely Noosa River. Cool breezes, cold seafood, warm plum pudding and brandy custard, Christmas décor and festive table. Party boats sailing past. Lots of other family groups, swimming and lots of happy people. Adele Noosaville
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5 years ago
No
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5 years ago
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Bronte Barber
5 years ago
Last year we had a small bullnose verandah removed from the back of our house and replaced it with a large, covered pergola. Our Christmas day in the Adelaide Hills, under the pergola, large fan gently moving the air, 13 members of the family to celebrate lunch with us - a perfect day. The smell of the eucalyptus trees as the day warmed, the scent of an Aussie Christmas.
juliamac19
5 years ago
Best thing we ever did in our undercover patio was instal ceiling fans for summer and bar heaters for winter - it gave us year round use. Winter barbie, anyone?

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