Psychology Today | 25.12.2025 23:39
This December, I returned to Australia to spend Christmas with my wife's family. It's my third Australian Christmas, and I'm still shocked by the differences to the German festivities not too far from the Alps where I grew up. It's a hot summer day in the southern hemisphere, people are wearing goofy Christmas outfits, and the centerpiece of the feast isn't a duck but…shrimps, or rather, as Aussies call them, prawns.