Tamba- Tamba: Xmas At Tamba- Tamba...

Here's an e mail we recently received from Joe in Kingston - upon- Hull, England.
Hi PROTT,
I am followin youre blog as part of my school project on different societies.
I was just wonderin what Xmas is like on Tamba tamba?
Is there any special traditions or anything?
Is there turkey?
Also whats the wether like ?
My uncle Tony sez in some countries xmas is in the summer?
be lucky
Joe
Firstly Joe, it's nice to see young people taking an interest in Tamba- Tamba.Our culture is undoubtedly very different from yours in England.
You might be surprised to hear that we don't celebrate Xmas in Tamba- Tamba, at least not in the same way as you do.
This is for the simple reason that we are a secular society. There is no religion on Tamba- Tamba. I know that some people in the west say that Xmas no longer has anything to do with religion. But of course, being a Socialist Republic we are also opposed to conspicuous consumerism, capitalism and the generation of debt.
Don't worry though. it's not all bad news!
From the earliest days of the first settlers there as always been a winter holiday. Even though Thomas Lazenby Cock and his followers rejected Christianity, they still celebrated Xmas after a fashion, with big feasts and drinking parties.
In fact they still referred to this holiday as Xmas, even though it was absolutely removed from any religious context.
As time went on the 25th December was supplanted as the main winter holiday by New Years Eve /Day.
People at Tamba- Tamba celebrate this in much the same way as you do Xmas, by giving presents and getting together with their friends and relatives. People here, of course, are not so able to spend massive amounts of money.
As for the weather we are lucky. It's not hot at Xmas but it's not exactly winter either. The average temperature for December/ January is 15 degrees Celsius.

Here are some pics from last years New Years Holiday: