{"id":17689,"date":"2023-11-23T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-north\/?p=17689"},"modified":"2023-11-22T09:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T07:46:03","slug":"a-summer-christmas-story-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-north\/blog\/2023\/11\/23\/a-summer-christmas-story-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"A summer Christmas story at last!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>He was dressed in red trousers and a white sleeveless vest. He didn\u2019t have gloves on, &#8230;and as for the rest?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>It was too hot for his hat and his wintery tops. Even his boots were swapped for flip flops!<\/p>\n<p>Mother of three Jules Belasyse-Smith got tired of explaining to her confused children that \u2018no, there\u2019s no snow, but yes, Father Christmas is coming.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the Christmas books on the shelves in all the book shops are all about snow, the northern hemisphere, cosy nights and associated non-relatable content.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never found anything that I can read my kids that tells the story from a different perspective,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>And so she wrote her own Christmas book. &#8216;<strong>Twas The Night Before A Summer Christmas<\/strong> is a light-hearted take on a much-loved classic, \u00a0and tells the story of Santa\u2019s Christmas Eve journey to a house in the southern hemisphere. It\u2019s just lovely \u2026 the perfect book to read to your children on Christmas eve. 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