White Christmas Eve in Sunny South Africa?

Love to say that we had a white Christmas like they have up north but here in Sunny South Africa we don't get those. We did get a white Christmas Eve though, thanks to a rather lengthy and powerful hailstorm. The hailstones were the size of golf balls so the grass and paving were covered in the beautiful, white-crystals.
It was such a pleasure to watch my neighbours and their children running barefoot over the white lawn, then gather the hail up into toy wagons to keep it longer, and make the moment last. Truly this is what memories are made of. The photo I have of it is not the best quality but it should give you an idea of our summertime-winter-wonderland.

I get the feeling that the visiting Swiss family was getting a bit homesick so God gave them just a wee taste of home, if only for a half-hour or so.