December is a party month here in Nhulumbuy like every other place in the Christian world. Summer begins here as of the 21 December, summer solstice, which is the longest day in the southern hemisphere. The schools are also out for a month of summer vacation. Nhulunbuy becomes a ghost town by Christmas day. I don’t think I exaggerate if I say that half of the population of 4,000 people leave town and head south to the big cities. There are even special charter flights that Qantas ads in order to get people out of here. Christmas day and Boxing Day (26) we had a quiet celebration, walked the dogs around town, saw a few other people doing the same. We attended midnight mass and had a nice dinner afterwards. The natives that stayed in town really celebrated Christmas day, the kids were out early in the morning playing with their new toys and by noon everyone was cooking on the barbie. New Years Eve we went to the Surf Club for a couple of hours to socialize and drink a couple of tinnies, came back home and welcomed the new year with a nice glass of wine.
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