How differently is Christmas celebrated in the Southern hemisphere?

Are there any Christmas songs with summer imagery for the Southern Hemisphere?

  • There are lots of songs with winter imagery: Let It Snow, Winter Wonderland, White Christmas, etc. Are there any songs about going to the beach or flying a kite or whatever family traditions exist around Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere?

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    To that list you can add "Six White Boomers" recorded by Rolf Harris.

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There's "Kiwi Jingle Bells" - “Dashing to the bay, In a Kombi campervan, Christmas at the beach – The family’s master plan. Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, Christmas in New Zealand on a sunny summer’s day, ay!”   and so on:  

Guy Maslen

This song is in Afrikaans...we have many summer Christmas songs, but this particular one is very popular. The words relate to the birth of the Christ child, and a plea for a "crystal clear summer Christmas" in our land.

Ida Wilson

The Christmas carol "Te Harinui" (Maori for "Good News" or "The Gospel") tells the story of the first Christmas sermon preached in New Zealand in 1814. The lyrics are: Not on a snowy night By star or candlelight Nor by an angel band There came to our dear landTe Harinui Te Harinui Te Hari-nu-i Glad tid-ings of great joy But on a summer day Within a quiet bay The Maori people heard The great and glorious word The people gathered round Upon the grassy ground And heard the preacher say I bring to you this day Now in this blessed land United heart and hand We praise the glorious birth And sing to all the earth

Simon Young

CHRISTMAS DAY The North Wind is tossing the leaves, The red dust is over the town, The sparrows are under the eaves, And the grass in the paddock is brown; As we lift up our vices and sing To the Christ-Child the Heavenly King. The tree-ferns in green gullies sway; The cool stream flows silently by; The joy bells are greeting the day, And the chimes are adrift in the sky, As we lift up our voices and sing To the Christ-Child the Heavenly King. (I think by John Wheeler).

James Walker

There's "Santa Never Made it into Darwin" remembering Cyclone Tracy  which almost destroyed Darwin in the far north of Australia on Christmas Eve, 1974

Olwen Williams

"White wine in the sun" by Tim Minchin, the best southern hemisphere Christmas song ever!

Huw Thomas

Here's a bit of a silly one to add to the list of Australian Christmas songs - our version of Jingle Bells!

Esther Soon

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