Welcome to the fourth episode of the Christmas Around the World mini-series. The idea for this series came from the crowdsourced post Christmas Desserts Around the World. After a couple dozen listeners shared the nostalgic, traditional desserts from the Christmases of their childhood, I found I wanted to learn more about the unique ways Christmas is celebrated in various cultures around the world. This year, 5 guests agreed to come on for a mini episode about their experience – Mai from Palestine, Kate from South Africa, Claire Marie from France, Mar from the Alicante region of Spain, and Alexandra from Norway.
Welcome to Kate Jack from South Africa for a delightful conversation about Christmas in the summertime! From the most stunning wreaths of succulents to relaxing around a floating pool bar, this conversation just may have you booking tickets to the Southern Hemisphere for this Christmas!!! Best of all, Kate shares her aunt’s recipe for Peppermint Crisp Pudding and we discuss at length a very new to me method of making caramel for this dessert as well as other traditional South African Christmas dishes. It’s a fun one today, so welcome to Kate and to you as well!!
Highlights- Rainy Christmas days vs. Sunny Christmas days
- Spray on snow to bizarrely emulate decorations of the Northern Hemisphere
- The trend to Africanize Christmas decorations
- Succulent wreaths
- How Father Christmas can survive in the heat
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