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Here's hoping for a beach-perfect Christmas Day
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After steaming in his red suit Santa Claus will need a fresh sea breeze. Photo / APN
To me, Christmas in New Zealand is cards with Santa on them water-skiing in a red sleeveless vest, families at the beach with chilly bins full of beer and wine and sizzling barbecued sausages, or perhaps a huge family dinner at home - roast turkey with all the trimmings, served outdoors.
The weather in December is still spring-like so, more often than not, we are sitting indoors or perhaps in our caravan or tent.
As for this Christmas Day? At this stage we see a high to our east (the same one that's been over us this week) but air pressure over the country may be dropping, which makes things more vulnerable to lows and rain - add to that a wild card in the form of Cyclone Evan, which some models suggest may brush north-eastern New Zealand on Christmas Day. Farmers will want the rain, holidaymakers the sun and no doubt Santa is one of the few who will be praying for cold weather on December 25.