Christmas in Australia

Christmas-Time

• In Australia, people celebrate

Christmas at a completely
different time than us in the
Czech Republic.
• Australians celebrate in
summer on the 25th of
December. Everyone opens
their present in the morning.
Christmas-Traditions

• Traditions in Australia are basically non-

existent.
• The Australian population is so mixed up
that people do now have any traditions like
we do in the Czech Republic.
• Why? Because only 30% of the population
are actually Australian.
Christmas-Traditions (Population)

• English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish

7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%,
German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian
1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other
15.8% (includes Australian Aboriginal
Christmas-Food
• What do Australians eat for
Christmas?
• The most common food that you will
find on someone’s table on
Christmas is cold ham and turkey.
You might also find some Christmas
pudding.
• Other than that almost everyone
makes some gingerbread cookies.
Christmas

• People have plastic trees

for Christmas because
spruce trees don’t grown
naturally in Australia.
• The decorations are
usually plastic too.
Christmas

• Some people celebrate

Christmas on the beach
dressed with Santa
hats and costumes.
• Little children belive in
Santa and his elves and
his reindeers.