HOME FOR CHRISTMAS!

The Duminys are used to celebrating the festive season all over the world, but this year they’ll be in SA – and they’re delighted

- LESEGO MKHIZE

THERE’S a Christmassy atmosphere at the Duminy home in Plattekloof, Cape Town.

Sue welcomes us at the front door, two-year-old Lexi on her hip, five-year-old Isabella in tow. Behind them is a Christmas tree tastefully decorated in turquoise and silver and a couple of presents are already arranged underneath it, much to Bella’s delight.

This year Christmas will be a little different for the Duminys – and not only because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Many times over the past nine years, the festive season was spent in hotel rooms because JP was playing in a December/January cricket Test series.

“I’d go to the nearest store to get microwave meals because most restaurants were closed and try to create a full Christmas meal,” Sue recalls. “The food tasted horrible but we ate it anyway and appreciated the fact we were together. Those were the days!”

This year cricket will still determine where they’ll be even though JP is no longer a member of the Proteas. He’ll be commentating on the South Africa vs England series and the family will be up in Gauteng as a result, spending time in Pretoria and also in Hartbeespoort Dam with Sue’s parents on their farm.

Then they’ll be back in the Mother City at their house in Baronetcy Estate.

“We’ll be at home,” Sue says. “I don’t really want to go out because of the coronavirus. We’ll just bake, swim, watch movies and have fun.”