Whether it is the Dark Mofo effect or just a desire to dance in the dark, solstice celebrations are lighting up the night
Many Australians have an awkward relationship with winter. Yuletide nostalgia, inherited from European settlers, prompts us to do strange things, like spray fake snow on our windows in high summer.
Since at least 1980, “Christmas in July” has been offered to Australians as an antidote to this climatic incongruity, but outside of the festival that started it – Yulefest in the Blue Mountains, which is still an annual event – its folly has proved too much for many to overcome. Somehow, resigning ourselves to the absurdity of plum pudding in front of the aircon seems less naff.
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