An Aussie Summer Christmas by Narelle Atkins

BITB welcomes inspirational author Narelle Atkins!

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I love reading Christmas romances. I often dream about experiencing a white Christmas like the characters in the inspirational romances I read by my favourite North American authors. My real life Aussie Christmas experience is very different to the winter-themed stories.

I grew up on the northern beaches in Sydney. My aunt and uncle lived across the road from Long Reef Beach in Collaroy. When I was younger I'd enjoy our Christmas day family lunch with turkey and all the trimmings. After lunch I'd head to the beach with my sister and cousins. Swimming in the ocean on Christmas Day is a foreign concept to most of my friends who live in the Northern Hemisphere.

The contemporary inspirational romance novellas in An Aussie Summer Christmas are set in coastal Australia and reflect our hot summer Christmas. We play in the sun instead of the snow and love our outdoors lifestyle.

I've invited a few of my co-authors to share what they love about Christmas.

Andrea Grigg lives in Queensland. She says: 'I love our family barbecue brunches on Christmas Day and the fact we have a Christmas baby! She'll be 29 this year. It's a special time.'

Photo credit: Andrea Grigg

Meredith Resce lives in Victoria, and says: 'I love the warm summer Christmas Eve, where we get together with family and friends to sing carols outside, under the stars. If it's not too high fire danger, we might carry a candle as well.'

Marion Ueckermann lives in South Africa, and says: 'The Christmas Eve dinner - the table, the food, and then the presents - my favourite tradition, everyone's favourite memory. My latest favourite tradition is making a gingerbread house.'



Photo credit: Marion Ueckermann      

Photo credit: Marion Ueckermann

GIVE AWAY ALERT!!

What do you love about Christmas? I'm giving away an Amazon Kindle copy of An Aussie Summer Christmas to a reader who leaves a comment on this post. (Winner announced on next week's blog!)

 

Narelle Atkins

 

Love to love:

Everything about Christmas. I agree with the song - It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. My family enjoys watching Carols by Candlelight on television on Christmas Eve and seeing the Christmas lights in our neighbourhood.

Photo credit: Narelle Atkins

Love to laugh:

...about how our daughter learned the truth about Santa at the age of five. She snuck out of bed and caught us wrapping presents at midnight! We made her promise not to share her discovery with her friends.

Love to learn:

More about the craft of fiction writing. My New Year's Resolutions always include professional development goals for my writing career.