Cold enough here recently, tho' waring now, and so far only sub-shovelworthy snowfalls, which is ample for me anywhere off teh ski slopes. (Love the tune, BTW ... wonder why I didn't think of this song, too, when I was spoofing "Stewball" a while back?)
Great job, as usual, and a Merry Xmas to you both .. I hope your holiday season is a Pip(pin).

merry christmas and happy new year to both of you too...love ya....been awful cold here in LA.....high 40s some mornings (well, that's cold to ME)....pippin might be warm but i know merry ain't

I'll stick with a Florida Christmas. Not 90 deg F with 90% humidity in December, but not 20 deg F either. I nice comfortable high of 65.

Of course, this year I'll be in Switzerland for Christmas. That'll be a shock. I checked the weather forecast for Luzern, Switzerland. Lo temp 1 deg C, Hi temp 2 deg C.

I'm in a CA drought.

It's been raining for days here, chilly and windy, so no sympathy from me! Fives, but no sympathy.

As a fellow Aussie Xmas swelterer, I can relate Peregrin - you have *my* sympathies! Perfectly written as always. Merry Xmas to you both :)

aint that the truth, Pip, and February aint even started yet - at least I'm better off down here in Melbourne - 555 (Hobart's a nice place this time of year)

"Have a happy New Year" to you and yours as well.
A well written parody, deserving of 5s.I'm with MP though...no sympathy from me.
All day long we've had snow/sleet/ice falling from the sky...the roads are slick...I've had to scrape my windshield twice...and tomorrow is supposed to bw worse

Merry and Pippin, you might want to think twice about envying a white Christmas if you knew my situation. It has been raining constantly for days, the temperature is close to freezing and is in the teens (Fahrenheit) at night, there is a threat of the worst snow/ice storm since 1967 (23 years before I was born) in my area come this weekend, but at least I have a decent heating system where I live and I drive a car with a rear engine and rear-wheel-drive, a crammed front cargo area and a gasoline-powered heater, thus making it a better winter vehicle than most others. (It's a 1967 VW Type 3 Squareback/Variant 3-door wagon.) 5s.

Hi all, thanks for your comments. I knew this would strike a chord with mandamoo and Stu, if they saw it. Maybe Kristof also, as an ex-pat, if he sees it.

A couple of points of clarification: For those who don't know (and there seem to be some around) Merry used to live in CA but moved back to her native Ohio a year ago. She knows what a white Christmas is!

IB, and Andria particularly, my comments are not meant to infer that your weather extremes are insignificant. In Aus, it's more a cultural thing of longing because all the Christmas movies we tend to see portray white Christmases blah blah etc!

Andria, I take your point about the possibility of the storm. I hope it doesn't happen for you. 3 weeks ago here, we had what has since been described as the worst thunderstorm in 40 years in Brisbane. It was all over in an hour and many parts of the city were declared a disaster area. There was a lot of damage in my suburb. When it happened it wasn't even officially summer...so we have another 3 months of this to look forward to! The rain is great, God knows we need it, the whole country and my area in particular has been in drought for over a decade. It's all relative, I guess. Again, a Merry Christmas to all :)

And to the pair of you hobbits, too.. Sling another turkey on the barbie, Pippin

M & P, love to hear about anyhing ~AwesomeAussie~ , even the reverse weather! InNorCAL today it is chilly, but the leaves of the Ambers & Aspens are so colorful; the Pumpkins remain in the fields, waiting for the rains, when the ranchers will till them under.

Merry, did you reside in SoCAL or NorCAL ? MonSieur PereGrin, in the movie ~AUSTRIALIA~ it did indicate that drought was the norm, however they were so relieved when the thunderstorm came . . . especially theDrover Jackman & Ms Kidman, as they celebrated heartily, Sir!

I was in SoCal. :-)

What does the 'So' & the 'Nor' mean preceding 'Cal' (presuming California)? Please explain???

South and North, Iggy.

Then why not just say that?! Thanks Mac ;-)

no nd, ig ... so nor ea wst ... its obvs




duh

Only in America...duh huh J.Lo :-)

Phil, it's rare to find a Turkey in Aus at Xmas ... especially now Shane Warne is retired, heh heh

Nice read, incl. comments. Funny exchange twds the end. I remember news of that Brisbane storm you mentioned. At least there's the right kind of warmth in the parody. I've lost count of the number of times my J students have quizzed me about the Santa-surfboard thing. I force a grin but the humor wears thin after a while. I don't love a sunburnt country at Christmas. Sec code was 'WEW' (!) I knocked five degrees of the max for three days for your pleasant relief.