"Merry Christmas; shèngdàn kuàilè, Xiao Brie!"
"Ah, shèngdàn kuàilè, auntie...oh, a book. That's nice. I mean, xièxiè."
Scorching sunlight, sunscreen on sweat-gleaming skin at the beach, sausages spitting and sizzling on the grill; the Christmas festivities of Australia were entirely alien to...