Happy Holidays

Christmas was nicely quiet.  The day was filled with phone calls to family (mostly free thanks to the joy of internet based calls) and playing in the snow.  We did attempt to make a snowman for the holidays but the snow is so dry here that it just doesn't stick together very well.  You need that good Australian wet snow for really good snowmen, or snowball fights for that matter.  It was Jason's first white Christmas and even he agreed that it just feels more like Christmas when all that Christmas imagery is all around you.  We also kept to the Christmas tradition of eating too much. Mmmm fudge.  New Years Eve we headed into town to join the rest of the locals on the bridge for the best view of the fireworks.   Unlike Sydney you only need to arrive 1 minute early to get the best position, not 12 hours early.  The fireworks were amazingly good and it was fun standing in the snow cuddling up against the cold.  On the way down we had spotted two deer (with antlers) digging up snow to get to some yummy grass... we assumed they would be gone by the time we walked back scared away by the fireworks, but surprisingly they were in exactly the same position and didn't seem at all concerned.   Very different to normal but lots of fun!