In countries in the southern hemisphere, like Australia, Christmas is a summer event. Shopping and cooking for Christmas are combined with holidays at the beach and lots of swimming. The days are long and light well into the evening hours. "Carols by Candlelight" is an outdoor even often held in a festive picnic atmosphere.
Things to do
- Write messages in your Christmas cards
- Sing a song...
Christmas Day - J. Wheeler and W.G. James
The north wind is tossing the leaves,
The red dust is over the town,
The sparrows are under the eaves
And the grass in the paddock is brown,
As we lift up our voices and sing
To the Christ Child the Heavenly King.
The tree ferns in green gullies sway,
The cool stream flows silently by,
The joy-bells are greeting the day
And the chimes are adrift in the sky,
As we lift up our voices and sing
To the Christ Child the Heavenly King.
- Read a story...
Australian Christmas
"Despite adverse... conditions for eating large quantities of hot food and despite the difficulty of maintaining some of its associations, Christmas as a festival was not questioned in Australia. What happened was that some distinctive local variations grew up... Christmas was less the strictly domestic occasion it was in England. The Australians developed instead the bush picnic which embraced not just single families but almost anybody who was around. By the end of the nineteenth century... Christmas picnics took on a great popularity in many parts of the colonies. they were held in parks, scenic spots, river banks, beaches. Ham, turkey, goose, tarts, plum pudding, custard, pies, blancmanges and fresh fruits mixed traditional with quite novel Christmas fare."exerpts from "Bush Christmas" ed. D Newton pub. Tombola Publishing Pty Ltd, 1983
- Visit another website to find out more about Christmas in Australia.
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