I searched in vain for Barry Humphries' (of Dame Edna Everage fame) character Sandy Stone--an old ghost in a dressing gown and slippers, who recalls Christmases in hot windy Melbourne when "all the chrissy cards had blown off the mantlepiece". It is a wonderful recreation of the hell of a traditional northern European Christmas day spent in the boiling heat of an Australian summer.
[This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited December 14, 2008).]
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