Every year my friends all get together for “Bogan Christmas” – a metal Christmas extravaganza of epicly kreig proportions. This year, we managed to outdo ourselves with the awesomeness of the party. There was the most fantastica array of food and drink and sweets and cake and ham (oh so good hammy ham) and ratatouille and cherries and sausage rolls and cobb loaf (courtesy of my friend Ryan, with whom I shared my super secret recipe).

So much food!

I LOVE this shirt - it reminds me of a Roman Legionaire

I was going with a slightly military theme. I love how the belts on the skirt look a little like ammunition. The skirt is actually not a skirt – it’s a pair of extremely short coulottes. My friends brought it for me as a birthday present last year. It’s awesome.

I am wearing:

skirt/shorts from Smoove in Auckland
black dirty dog sweater
black military-inspired jacket from Tripp NYC
black straight leg pants from Just Jeans
black boots
one black fingerless glove, brought from Glassons about ten years ago
black pearl beaded bracelet
lapis lazuli bracelet (brought by CDH in Seafeild in Austria)

Every year we play “the present game” which has earned quite the reputation as a bogan killer. We each bring a $5 present, put it in the centre of the cirle, and one by one everyone gets a turn to either pick a present from the centre of the circle, or steal a present from someone who’s already got one. If your present gets stolen, you can’t just steal it straight back, but you can either pick another present or steal someone elses. It’s br00tal.

This year, I wrote a little poem “the 12 days of metal xmas” and drew some pictures to go with it. This was hotly fought over, as was a box of pirate lego and a plastic sword and shield set. I got a vase with pink flowers on it.

metalheads give the BEST presents

mayhem surrounding the present game

I'm a ghost

It was an awesome night and yet another reason why I am super grateful to have such amazing friends.

What are your friends doing to celebrate Christmas?

Horns up \m/
Steff