A pair of bathers remains the traditional attire for the holiday season, with some even dressing up as Santa (a board short-wearing Santa kind) to surf the waves.
Most towns and cities have festivals and parades. In some places, there is a fireworks display at the local park. Many towns, cities and schools also hold their own Carols by Candlelight services, with local bands and choirs sometimes helping to perform the Christmas Carols and songs.
The colour - one of the first things you notice about a cherry - is usually a dark, rich red. Red is one of the two big colours associated with this holiday season; the other colour being the forest green like our Christmas trees. The deep red hue also offers a wonderful seasonal pop to any kind of dessert or dish.
Metallic accessories and clothing pieces are fashionable for Christmas. Traditionally speaking, Christmas fashion tends to lean toward “classic” items that make us feel alternatively cozy or glamorous: from silly holiday sweaters and flannel to glistening accessories to color-coordinating green and red.
No, the real Christmas only happens once a year - on 25 December. In Australia it's a national public holiday and people observe the day with friends and family, coming together to swap presents and enjoy good food and drink. It can be hot and humid during December, which is in the middle of summer in Australia.
Australians often celebrate Christmas Day by enjoying a Christmas lunch or dinner with their closest family and friends. The meal usually consists of a selection of hot and cold dishes, including fresh seafood.
Traditional Santas wear bright red fleecy suits, lined with white fur and big black boots to fight off the northern winter. In Australia, it's summer at Christmas time so you're much more likely to see a boardshort wearing Santa on a surfboard.
The top 3 Christmas colors are red, green, and white. But there are many other colors that you can add to bring sparkle to your Christmas decorations.
Learn how red, green, gold, white and purple became synonymous with the holiday.
In England and Australia, you'll often hear Happy Christmas, but in the US and Canada, Merry is the star of the show.
A Christmas feast
Whether it's a BBQ by the beach, or a picnic with your loved ones, Christmas in Australia is more of a casual affair. Most Aussies choose to swap the traditional roast turkey for a Christmas ham, and fresh seafood (specifically prawns) takes pride of place on many festive banquets.
Black might not be a main colour of Christmas, but it is often used as a complementary colour to red (think of Santa's belt and boot) and gold (think of a beautifully wrapped gold gift with black ribbon).
Colours for the coming Christmas 2022 will include metallic silver and metallic gold, different shades of green, associated with grass and leaves as natural elements. Space will also be given to pink and soft blue, romantic and rather unusual colours for Christmas décor, but which will be on trend this year.
The four most popular Christmas colors are red, green, gold and silver, respectively.
Pink symbolizes love, affection, and kindness, so the color naturally leans into the Christmas spirit of giving.
This deep hue symbolizes the blood of Jesus Christ, the person whose birth the holiday celebrates. It is also associated with Santa Claus and his distinctive outfit. In general, red is often used to represent love, courage and romance, other popular holiday themes.
But before Moore's poem and Coca-Cola's advertisements, there was the original St. Nicholas. As the Bishop of Myra in the 4th Century, his traditional robes were red and white.
But while Australia does not have an official national costume worthy of note, we most certainly do have a national day when we embrace wearing costumes, and no, it's not Halloween. Final day winners of the Fashions in the Field contest held during the spring racing carnival at Flemington in 1967.
Australian workplace dress codes
Formal business (e.g. business suit and tie for men; business suit or business style dress for women) Smart casual (e.g. sports jacket with chinos or nice jeans for men; nice slacks, skirt or dark jeans with a collared or dressy top for women)
Preparing for Santa
Santa Claus visits many Australian children on Christmas Eve, leaving presents they find when they wake up the next morning. Kids often leave a Christmas stocking, an oversized sock made especially for the purpose, for Santa to stuff with toys.
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, people hang decorations in their homes, send out greetings cards, sing carols; children delightedly anticipate a visit from Santa Claus. On Christmas Day, family and friends gather to exchange gifts and enjoy special holiday food.
Traditional Santas wear bright red fleecy suits, lined with white fur and big black boots to fight off the northern winter. In Australia, it's summer at Christmas time so you're much more likely to see a boardshort-wearing Santa on a surfboard.