Yes of course, I am not religious, but we do celebrate the day, it is quite common for many kiwis to head off to the beach for xmas and have lunch on the beach or a barbeque, or just the usual festive trimmings, I prefer just a low key time, with just my family and spending some time with my parents, we sometimes go up to Auckland to my sisters and have a real family get together, we have so many birthdays just before xmas that we have plenty opportunitys to celebrate as a family together.

I used to love xmas, but financially it becomes a burden and I feel the blues setting in every year now, but I am going to try and think positively and just enjoy xmas for what it should be, family time and lots of goodies to eat.

My dream is to experience a white xmas, I will either have to return to the land of my birth for that,or travel at least three hours to the middle of our island and have a mid-winter xmas , which I am thinking would be quite fun.