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Sydney, Australia.  As every year, the Gure Txoko Basque club in Sydney held its welcome to Australia picnic for  Olentzero, the coal maker that according to Basque tradition is in charge delivering Christmas gifts.  This year, the festivities took place on December 11th at Centennial Park in the Australian city. 

Helped by the good weather, club members enjoyed a beautiful day waiting for the arrival of the guest star.  Finally, he appeared, loaded with gifts to the delight and amazement of the smallest ones.  They say that he also brought along some coal for those who misbehaved during the year, but apparently he didn’t find anyone to give it to.  The Basque club shared some images of the day with us. 

[The Olentzero passing out gifts to Gure Txoko’s children (photo Sydney EE)]

[The summer that begins in the southern hemisphere allows Gure Txoko members to enjoy a great day outdoors at Centennial Park (photo Sydney EE)] 

On another note, and continuing with its activities during the month of December, the Basque club also celebrated Santo Tomas on the 19th, at its clubhouse, where attendees were able to enjoy the festivities tasting traditional txistorra pintxos. 

-More photos and information on Gure Txoko’s Facebook page, here