HIT:Australian Christmas

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Thanks to all who responded.  Here are some additional responses.
I lived in Far North Queensland (Cairns/Port Douglas) for over a year.
Since both  Australia and the US took many of our traditions from the
English, I didn't see anything different there. Of course, their seasons
are backwards so Christmas dinner is often at the beach!
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Happy holidays to all especially you lucky folks with snow!!

Slainte! May today bring a great new story for your repetoire!
T.K.Cassidy, MLIS -- Guam Talebearers; president/cofounder
                                -- Librarian, Uplemeny
                        tkc@kuentos.guam.net


                Have you tried the Christmas page on the WWW?  It has a
section on Christmas traditions of different countries although I'm not
sure about Australia but.....   The address is   http://www.christmas.com
  That might be of assistance.
        Happy Holidays!!
                James Mong

Riverview Middle School-- Huntington, IN 46750
jmong@neptune.esc.k12.in.us

  "The man with a new idea is a Crank until the idea succeeds." -- Mark
Twain
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I was able to find this information on Australian Christmas customs.
Hope it helps.  Christmas carols were one of the things that the settlers

carried with them when they moved from Great Britain to Australia.
Because Christmas comes in midsummer in Australia, many of the other
customs didn't continue.  In about 1937, "Carols by Candlelight" became
an annual event.  Thousands participate and it was broadcast (it may
still be) all over the world.  Christmas dinner is likely to be a picnic
at the beach.

Happy Holidays -
y Stephens
stepsan@udel.edu

 Assumably you will get replys from Aus but in the meantime I'd like to
suggest--camping at the beach.  (this is their summer break).  At least
in Queensland where I spent a year this seemed to be a common practice.
However since many Aussies still have strong English ties they do all the

traditional yule log, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree stuff even though

it's pretty hot.  Pavlova is a traditional Australian desert that might
show up at Christmas.
Carol Harma, Guy Lee Elem, Springfield, OR charma@efn.org


 Try this site for your Christmas Customs around the world:

                http://christmas.com/xmas/christmas.html

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Do you access to the web? If so look at my homepage
attp://www.libertynet.org/~bertland/stetsonpg1.html
Follow the winter holidays link and there is a site for Christmas in
Australia.
Sorry I don't have the address handy right now.

Linda Bertland
Librarian
Stetson Middle School
Philadelphia, Pa
lbertland@delphi.com

>Hello OZTL_NETTERS! I know its getting very late in the piece but
perhaps
>there is someone out there who can enlighten Jane's student??
>Regards, Ken Dillon (OZTL_NET Co-Administrator)
>
>Date:    Wed, 6 Dec 1995 20:24:00 EST
>From:    Global SchoolNet <lmnet-l@ACME..ORG>
>Subject: Target: Australian Christmas
>
>A student is doing a research paper on Christmas customs in other
>countries.  She needs info on Australian Christmas customs.  Can anyone
>help her.  Thanks
>
>Ken Dillon,
>Lecturer, Teacher Librarianship,
>School of Information Studies.

How about visiting      http://www.gil.com.au/ozkidz/Christmas/
This site has information on Aussie Christmas traditions

Jenny Stubbs

Customs? I'm not sure there are any specifically. Many people have a
traditional roast turkey lunch, ham, vegies and plum pudding with the
family. More and more people have a cold version of the same; Cold
turkey,
ham anpork, salads. This can be followed by hot plum pudding or cold
anything.  In the spirit of the fact that it is a feast, and it is hot
(usually - after all I'm from Melbourne) many people have it outdoors.
Crays
(Lobster) and other seafood, barbequed prawns, etc. In fact in my family
we
have a christmas salad which consists of balled watermelon with onion
with a
dressing of mayo and cream.
Carols by candle-light in the local park is pretty big only it's
"day-light
savings" (summer time) and it doesn't get dark until nine. There's a big
Carols service in Melbourne on Xmas Eve at an outdoor bowl which is
pretty
amazing.
 Oh and we're not so big onas decorations as the US, and all those
American songs about snow seem a bit silly. I must say they didn't the
Xmas
I spent in the States.
Have a good one,
Catherine

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