How is the Australian Christmas celebrated?

Well I don't know about all Australians but in my family we have a chrsitmas dinner or lunch.. First we have prawns :P They are our special Christmas food :) We have a barbecue or sometimes we do a roast. We make cocktails yummy! We usually all sit outside cos the weather is sooo nice! We don't really relate to the snowy christmas songs and tradition but there is a few songs that have been changed for us like Jingle bells :) Dashing through the bush, in a rusty Holden Ute, Kicking up the dust, esky in the boot, Kelpie by my side, singing Christmas songs, It's Summer time and I am in my singlet, shorts and thongs * Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!, Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute. * Engine's getting hot; we dodge the kangaroos, The swaggie climbs aboard, he is welcome too. All the family's there, sitting by the pool, Christmas Day the Aussie way, by the barbecue. * Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!, Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute. * Come the afternoon, Grandpa has a doze, The kids and Uncle Bruce, are swimming in their clothes. The time comes 'round to go, we take the family snap, Pack the car and all shoot through, before the washing up. * Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!, Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute. We decorate with lights and all.. And our Santa is wearing a big heavy suit with black boots hahaha but hes definitely sweating inside there!! Oh and Boxing Day, 26th is the day where we all watch the Cricket our favourite sport :) either on the tv or at the oval. Hope it gives u a bit of an idea about how we celebrate chrissy!

No, I don't connect snow to Christmas in any way because it doesn't really snow here except in a few places. Usually, we just see family members and have a barbie and a get good leg of ham/seafood and salad. Some people might have a roast, but it would be far too hot. I remember one Christmas when my sister got a bike but it was too hot outside to ride it even at like 5 pm. But yes, Santa does wear the red suit and black boots.

In Australia you still hear carols, send cards and decorate your house using snow images. Also, most store santas wear the traditional santa clothing. It's because, up until recently, most people in Australia came from a Northern Hemisphere background where Christmas occurred in winter. However, you also see images of Santa arriving on a surfboard at the beach, and other more summer themes. Some families still have a traditional Christmas dinner with hot food, while others will have seafood, cold meats and salads more appropriate for the hot weather around Christmas time here.

The same. Just no snow, and instead of baked dinners we generally have barbeques, seafood, or salads.

Santa is exactly the same. I'm currently in New Zealand, but i'm originally from Sydney. Both NZ and Oz do the whole Santa with reindeer stuff and snowing at Christmas. Just this morning i had an argument with my partners Mum because i would choose to put "snow" on my christmas tree and she hates the way people think about snow at christmas, because it doesn't snow here! lol You know what? I'm 22, but i love having santa exist, and seeing people with lights all over their houses, and christmas movies, AND SNOW ON MY CHRISTMAS TREE!!!!

Christmas, as you have probably worked out by all the comment here, is the same tradition wise as everywhere else. We put up the tree, have the lights, sing the same songs and Santa and the boys hang out as well. A lot of people sit down on christmas day to a traditional dinner as well. The turkey, ham and roast veggies as well as plum pud...we pig out in the sweltering heat. Some people have adopted a bit more 'better suited to the summer' type lunch...salads, prawns, lobster and bbq...have to say it works much better for me. Oh and White Christmas on tv is a must. Gotta get a snow fix somehow.

in australia..the beaches are most full on christmas day...and the weather is hot...but when u see santa..u got to say,,omg..he looks like he is really hot in that santa suit

same as america. Lights santa reindeer, the works and yes snow.

This describes how we celebrate Christmas here in Australia. Christmas in Australia is celebrated during our Summer Months. No snow and log fires for us, though our Christmas Cards and traditions usually depict those of colder climates. Australia is a multicultural country and with this, our traditions are often mingled and derived from a mixture of other countries. Yes we have Christmas Trees, Father Christmas, Christmas Carols and gifts which are a familiar Christmas scenario. Christmas Dinner may be a barbeque in the backyard or a picnic on a beach though. Champagne instead of eggnog. Pavlova instead of Plum Pudding. Christmas also coincides with the Summer Holidays (vacation) and quite often families will celebrate Christmas away from home. The big events of the Christmas season are the Carols By Candlelight. These began in Melbourne in 1937 and are outside concerts in the warm summer evening's where people sit on blankets light candles and join together to sing Christmas Carols. Most towns have a concert and two major ones are televised across Australia from Sydney and Melbourne. Christmas Eve wouldn't be the same without Carols by Candlelight.