Christmas Holidays-Australian Style

December 16, 2011

People in northern hemispheres often forget that in Australia the Christmas holidays are celebrated in the middle of the Australian summer, so the natives traditionally enjoy their festivities with beach activities and warm-weather events.

In big cities throughout Australia there is a tradition of caroling by candlelight on Christmas Eve, which originated in Melbourne in 1937. People spontaneously gather in one…

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