Wishing you a Merry Christmas
from
What’s your earliest
Christmas Memory?
Christmas morning of
1974, when we awoke to learn that the city of Darwin had been destroyed by
cyclone Tracy overnight. Years later, I wrote a short story about it– Santa
Never Made It- in my Australian short story collection...
Friends, Family and Other Strangers From Downunder:
Friends, Family and Other Strangers From Downunder:
Do you have any
special Christmas Traditions?
When I was a child
we always had Chinese takeway with our neighbours every Christmas Eve.
Commonplace nowadays, it was a bit of a treat in the 70s. Nothing special these
days besides a beach BBQ, as I’m often home in Australia for Christmas.
What’s your
favourite festive carol or song?
None, they all make
me feel nostalgic and melancholy (no idea why).
Do you have a
favourite festive film?
That would have to
be A Charlie Brown Christmas
What’s your favourite
festive read ?
Gone with the Wind
(not really festive, I know, but….)
Are you organised or
do you leave everything until the last minute ?
Try to buy presents
online, or before December and avoid the shops at all costs after that. Food is
last-minute though.
Christmas Tree –
real or artificial?
Real, from the
nursery in our village (when I’m in France), then I curse about having to sweep
up pine needles every day.
Tinsel or Glitter?
Tinsel
Gingerbread Latte or
Orange spiced Hot Chocolate?
Orange-spiced Hot
Chocolate. In fact, anything that contains chocolate.
Mince Pie or Yule
Log?
Yule log
Christmas Dinner –
Traditional Turkey or something Different?
Never a turkey as nobody in the family likes it. Usually a
seafood platter, or a capon, or boeuf en croûte with truffle sauce …mmnn
Christmas Tipple –
Bucks Fizz/Mulled Wine or something stronger?
Grandmother’s-special-secret-ingredients-Polish-vodka/lemony-very-acoholic-thing
A fun game of after
dinner charades or more chocolates and the television?
TV in bed and more
chocolates… and a good book.
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Paperback copies available to UK only
Ecopies are open internationally
Winners will be notified early in the New Year
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Huge thanks to Liza for her generous giveaway and for sharing her Christmas with us
Jaffa and I wish you a very Merry Christmas
*****
What a charming interview! Thank you~
ReplyDeleteI'm not from UK, so ecopy and I would love to win Spirit of Lost Angels.
Have a lovely holidays!
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