to calm down

habit

to reply

beach

as a matter of fact

romantic

to be like

while

Britain

to swim, swam

to surf

golden

Australian

Santa Claus

underneath

grandfather

to dress up

Father Christmas

to eat / ate

heat

surely

barbecue

steak

seafood

ice-cream

occasion

completely

tradition

to compare

hundreds

picture

good-looking

to bother

to mail

to leave / left

to get in touch

to sunbathe

bizarrely

plum pudding

roast

to set fire to / set

I'm very interested in your friend who's a surfer.

Are you a very special friend of his, Sophie?

I just met him last year, on Bondi beach.

And he's good-looking, isn't he?

I suppose I could mail him again.

While it was so cold here in Britain, I was sunbathing.

Not in that heat, surely?

Grandfathers or uncles have to dress up and pretend to be Father Christmas.

With roast turkey and roast vegetables, and plum pudding?

When your mums were setting fire to the pudding, I had ice-cream to stay cool.

How cool is that!