We knew a week before, the long range forecast was in and Perth will have a hot one for Christmas day. Ok, so it is summer and it is Perth, so you would expect a summer’s day to be hot, so this is really no surprise.

Since I have been alive, I have never been involved in a rainy Christmas day, although I recall my grandmother when she was alive talking about the day it rained on Christmas. I have missed a number of Christmas days when I was working away. I have heard some people say there was some slight rain in 1991 in some parts of Perth. I was away that day so I do not recall, it was not much rain. So the forecast in the week before Christmas day would be 42°C, that is fine as we will have plenty of white wine on ice. It will be a good day, Christmas is summer, of course it is.