Complete the sentences with the present simple or the present continuous.

Hi Janet! Greetings from Australia! Christmas is so different here! In Toronto it always **snows** at Christmas Day, but right now the sun **is shining** in Sydney and it **is** very hot! We usually **spend** warm dinners in Canada but today we **are having** fresh salads and shrimps! Tina always **writes** personal letters with her friends back home but now she **is sending** emails and **taking** a sunbathe! It's really cool! Love, Joanna.