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Rest of world ------------- Christmas in Winter Cold in North Halifax on Atlantic Ocean North Star guides sailors Prince Edward is an island Prince of Wales is a Prince Victoria is 49 deg. North Wales is South of Newcastle Currents flow clockwise Winter in January |
Australia ------------ Christmas in Summer Cold in South Halifax on Pacific Ocean Sailors get lost Prince Edward is a Prince Prince of Wales is an island Victoria is 37 deg. South Newcastle in New South Wales Currents flow counter-clockwise Winter in July |
Australia is just a bit different than the rest of the world. Yes, it does snow in
Australia, but it's just that it's warm snow and it goes straight up. |
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One of the Christmas Islands is not in Micronesia. It is located in the
Indian Ocean and is adminsistrated by Australia. It flies the Australian flag.
On the 25th of December, Christmas Day, in 1643, an island off the coast of
Australia was discovered and because of this, the island was appropriately
named Christmas Island by Captain William Mynors. Christmas is celebrated
on this island as is the Chinese New Year. Ironically, only 17.7% of the population of Christmas Island claims to be Christian
whereas Budhism is the leading religion at 36.1%, followed by Muslem at 25.4%. Thus
the religion for which it is named is in the minority.
As the variety of religion's suggests, the population of the Australian
Christmas Island is made of many races including Caucasian, Chinese, Malay,
and Indian. Dialects of Chinese, Malay and Tamil Indian are also spoken. There is a strong Australian influence throughout
the island.
Detailed below is an extract I found on the net which provides a reasonable and brief summary of Australia in Christmastime as you requested.
The main differenec is that it is usually 35 degrees to 45 degrees Celsius throughout Australia - not a "white" Christmas except in the surf!!
There is summer-like weather during December in Australia, and Christmas dinner may be a picnic in the woods or on the beach. Australians also sing carols by candlelight and decorate their homes with flowers and other plants. Generally, Christmas is celebrated along traditional lines and families often travel great distances to be together. Church is attended in great mass on Christmas Day. Services are often held very early in the morning.
Many carols sung are Australian, celebrating Christ’s birth with an imagery drawn from the Australian Christmas Bush, which flowers at Christmas. Other songs sung and listened to are about Snow and Snowmen. Bing Crosby's christmas albums (with White Christmas included) would have to be the most commonnly owned christmas albums in Australia.
Due to the multi-culturalism in Australia food can vary. But meals mainly center around the traditional Hams, Turkeys and Plum Pudding. Often these dishes are cooked earlier and served cold. Salads and other summer foods are present as well as food from from other cultures.
The major celebration is a Carols by Candelight Concert, on Christmas Eve, held at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. This is broadcast on television and radio throughout the country and also to come other countries in our region, the attendance usually ranges from 70,000 - 100,000.
From the Berger family, Picnic Point, Sydney, Australia
e-mail:- bergeroz@intercoast.com.au
Berger web page = http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6459
From: Shirley Baskett Please include New Zealand We are much like Australia in our traditions. We quite often have a mid
winter Christmas dinner in June or July. At Christmas we have cold food
mostly. Some have family Barbecue. We all race off to summer holiday
spots right after this and stay at the beach for a week or two. Our decorations are plastic holly and sprayed on snow! Our Santa wears
a satin suit to try to keep as cool as possible. Carol services have to
start about 8.80pm to be dark enough for candles to be noticed. And we
all sit about in shorts in a park in the cool of a summer's evening.
This is Christmas to us! Shirley Baskett
To: bdrennon@theworks.com
Date: Sunday, December 20, 1998 8:52 PM
Subject: Christmas around the world
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