Photos from the Tristan da Cunha Christmas break 2017.

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Christmas 2017

Photos from Dawn Repetto

The weather during Christmas has been a bit odd, ranging from beautiful calm hot weather to heavy rain with a bit of flooding. The Tristan community always makes the best of any scenario and are never to down hearted.

Crib at St Mary's Church

Crib at St Mary's Church, modelled on a traditional Tristan thatched house.

Food is a big part of Christmas on Tristan. The potato crop is growing well, and the first new potatoes were ready for Christmas, to go with the traditional stuffed roast mutton.

New potatoes, Christmas 2017 Traditional Stuffed Roast Mutton
New potatoes freshly dug for Christmas 2017 Traditional Stuffed Roast Mutton
A Christmas dinner beautifully laid out.  Christmas table
A Christmas buffet and dinner table beautifully laid out. 

Christmas is also a time when Tristanians can enjoy watching the local summer wildlife.

Butterfly Arctic Tern or King Bird
Butterfly (Southern Painted Lady - Vanessa brasiliensis) King Bird (Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata tristanensis)