As in South Africa, Christmas is during summer vacation in Australa. Flowers are the most important Christmas decoration. They also use the Christmas bush and the Christmas bell. You find Christmas decorations such as holly, snow scenes,and Dickensian Christmas images of turkeys and plum puddings.

Christmas is on December 25. Father Christmas and Santa exist side by side like siblings. The food they eat at Christmas is seafood, glazed ham, cold chicken, duck or turkey, cold deli meats, pasta, salads galore, and desserts of all types.

They exchange gifts and cards. Many carols are Australian, celebrating Christ's birth. On Christmas Day, people enjoy swimming, playing cricket and other outdoor activities.

Many Australians go to church on Christmas. Australians have a candlelight concert on Christmas Eve. The candlelight concert is held the last Saturday before Christmas and has a attendance from 70,000-100,000. Some people put wreaths on their doors or put Christmas lights up. Australians often have a picnic or dinner on Christmas.