Christmas DownUnder by Mark Wansbury

In Australia we don't have snow during Christmas because it's in the middle of Summer. My Nanna makes a Christmas pudding every year. This Christmas my family is going to Noosa which is 2 hours from where I live. We usually get the Christmas tree ready a few weeks before Christmas and we decorate around the house and wrap presents. EveryCchristmas we leave out a beer and cookie for Santa and some grass and water for the reindeers. On Christmas morning I wake up at about 5:OO a.m. and look in my stocking. I'm not allowed to open my presents until Mum and Dad wake up.

Christmas DownUnder by Bradley Cameron

Christmas in Australia is great,it is not cold,it is hot.This year will be different for me because every other year I have had Christmas in Victoria with my aunties uncles,cousins and grandparents.Now I live in Queensland.None of my family live here except my Mum,Dad and sister. Our family puts up a Christmas tree and we decorate it with tinsle,Christmas balls and lights.Mum either puts an angel or a star on the top of the tree.After that we wait for Santa . On Christmas day my sister and I wake up at 6:00am,then we go and wake Mum and Dad then we open our presents.After that we have breakfast,then we go for a swim.This year after lunch we will be going to our friends house.Then we will go home and go to bed.

Chrismas Down Under by Simon McAndrew

My Christmas really starts on Christmas Eve. When we wake up in the morning I eat my breakfast and then I run downstairs to where all our Christmas decorations are kept.Then my brothers and I put up the Christmas tree and decorate it with tinsel and coloured balls.When we are finally finished the tree we get some long,thick tinsel and put it around the whole room when the room is finished we then put colured lights on the tree and then the room is complete. Later in the day we get prepared to go to an open air mass where usally 1000 people turn up,this mass finishes at 7p.m. When my family gets home we go straight to bed.At midnight Mum wakes us up and we go to midnight mass. When we get home presents are under the tree. Then we open them up and go to bed. In the morning we play with our presents till our Aunt's and Uncle's come.When everyone has arrived Dad cooks a barbeque for lunch,we usually have steak, sausages and salad.

Christmas Down Under By Rebecca Wessels

Christmas in Australia is very different to other countries, for one reason it's hot and sunny in Australia during Christmas and in other countries it's cold and snowing . In my family we celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree, a meal and a family gathering. All my relatives from my Mum's side of the family come to our house and we have a Christmas party. A few weeks before Christmas we go to my Dad's Aunty's and Uncles and we help them set up a Christmas display.Last year they won some money for their display,which had a nativity scene and a tree in their front yard that had Christmas lights around it.After we set up the display we have a Christmas party and meal,then my Dad's Uncle dresses up as Santa and gives all the children a little gift each.

Christmas Down Under By Ben Cole

One of the best things about Christmas in my family is getting ready for it.My brothers and sisters and I help mum and dad to put the Christmas Tree up and decorate the house.After we've put the Christmas tree up and decorated the house with navity cribs to help remember the birth of Christ,lights and cards, we decorate the tree.We decorate the Christmas Tree with tinsel,different coloured balls and an Angel or Star on top,and then the waiting for Santa begins. About a week before Christmas Day,my family and I go to Carols by Candle Light at Queens Park.My family and I really enjoy it because everyone is singing Christmas Carols and enjoying them-selves.Afterwards we walk through town and observe all the Christmas decorations in the shops windows.Then the night before Christmas,my brothers,sisters,Mum and I go to midnight Mass,when we get home we run to bed so that Santa comes sooner. On Christmas Day,we run down stairs, unwrap our presents and start playing with them. At lunch time my family,Uncles, Aunts and Cousins all go to my Nana`s house for a roast lunch and then we go to my Grandma`s house for tea.

Christmas Down Under By Nicole Archer

The best thing about Christmas is putting up the Christmas tree and opening your presents. Each year I put up the Christmas tree and decorate it with lights, tinsel and little ornaments. My Nana takes my sister and I shopping to buy my Mum and Dad presents. We usually go to my Nana`s house for Christmas lunch, but this year we are going to spend Christmas at home. My sister and I will probably make rum balls or Christmas pudding and have a big salad for lunch and a BBQ for tea. In Australia our Christmas is very hot, not like some other countries where it`s cold and even snowing.