This article explores the cultural phenomenon of Australians' intense focus on the Christmas Day weather forecast.
A week out from Christmas , I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms – over. Brandishes his phone: “Darling. Just in. Fantastic news.” Unreal. Has the charger I’ve been looking for since 2018 been found? Fridge has sold on Facebook Marketplace? The mechanic’s decided it’s just a loose cap? Keith Urban wants to meet me? Botox is now free on the PBS for over 50s? Amid our shared exultation we may have fist-bumped.
The national sport that is Christmas Day weather has kicked off in fantastic fashion.For Australians, the December 25 weather forecast is a religion. The stakes are higher than a Beefmaster at full sizzle. Everyone morphs into Rob Gell, our hottest obsession the dice roll of 38 degrees with punishing sunshine or a muggy 25 with looming thunderstorms. Trusting but not trusting the Bureau of Meteorology’s website, we peer at the sky, analyse clouds. Our festive plans, lists, our moods hinge on whether we’re in for a scorcher, a washout or that elusive Goldilocks pearler: sunny, warm but not too hot, and no rain. Why does our collective Christmas happiness seem to rise or fall with the temperature? You’d think living in a country where the weather swings from droughts to flash floods in the space of a Travis Head knock might’ve taught us to be a bit more laid-back. Yeah, nah. It’s as if Australia’s festive vibe – is sanity too strong a word? – depends on whether we can set the table outside.While those in the northern hemisphere are glugging mulled wine and thinking it’s cool to rock out to Band Aid in ugly jumpers, we’re agonising over important things like gazebo logistics. Shade or shelter? Both? Will it collapse in a southerly buster halfway through the pav? Because those northerners are stuck with the same frosty deal every year, they’ve made peace with it. We on the other hand like to keep things spicy slash sweaty. Not that weather quirks put a dampener on tradition
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