Great keep them coming. I do realise that we are not the only ones to have Christmas in the sun, but I just needed some new ideas.
We have pointsettas here in the summer, they are usually a table piece and there are plenty of pinecones near the park we just paint them silver and gold, we've had our annual strawberry festival (2 wks ago) as that is what our area is known for... with the choc sauce.
Isn't there a recipe that you put small fruit, grapes etc in egg whites and then roll in castor sugar ( fine sugar) and refrigerate or freeze? Could be a centre piece? with more fruit of course.
Do you still have a traditional hot dinner or have the same food only cold? We have a choc ice-cream plum pudding. Mmmmmm
Tomatoes are very expensive at Christmas so we grow our own,
do prices go up on anything in particular in your area?
We have the lights on our house and through the trees as there is a competition every year to see who has the best, but we are not that grand. Before bedtime we walk around the neighbourhood to see them.