Charles Dickens via last.fm You Can thank the Cape Argus (probably aided by Charles Dickens) for Christmas as we know it in Cape Town. It was a slow growth, but one that can be traced easily enough in the newspaper files. Book after book by Charles Dickens, filled with the Christmas spirit, had been arriving…
Image by champagne.chic via Flickr Christmas in South Africa is a summer holiday. For most people it is an out-of-town day. In December, the southern summer brings glorious days of sunshine that carry an irresistible invitation to the beaches, the rivers, and the shaded mountain slopes. Then the South African holiday season reaches its height….