Christmas in Christchurch, New Zealand

The tree in Latimer Square, Christchurch

Christmas is strange here. It's too warm to feel like Christmas to me. I kinda expect my (august) birthday to be on Tuesday, not Christmas. That's just how I've always felt around this type of weather.

Above is the main Christmas tree in Christchurch. I cycle past it quite frequently. It, to me, isn't quite christmassy! But it feels very Christchurch. Christchurch to me, is a sunny building site, so the use of things like this feels quite appropriate. I do appreciate the fact that no tree had to die here! :)

The phone boxes around the base contain direct lines to Santa Claus! And there's always a couple of kids looking extremely excited using these. If I was 8 years old I would be past myself at this.

This is a very Christchurch advent calender!! This advent calender is made out of shipping containers!

Too little too late for this church... notice the exposed stairwell workmanship

Christchurch has developed many, many uses for shipping containers and has a very unique relationship with them! You can see see the re:START mall which is a mall composed entirely of very bright shipping containers. The shipping containers also hold up several older buildings from further quakes, and areas with cliffs from falling rocks.