CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD BY

AUSTRALIA WHAT ANIMALS HELP SANTA GET AROUND IN AUSTRALIA? When Santa gets to Australia he gives his reindeer a rest. He switches over to (kangaroos) you can call them (six white boomers).

AUSTRALIA FACTS Australia has Christmas in the MIDDLE OF SUMMER. In New Brunswick it is winter. Australia gets HOT at Christmas. In New Brunswick it is cold and we get snow.

AUSTRALIA People go out CHRISTMAS CAROLING on Christmas Eve. I think here we do too. People in Australia decorate their houses with what is called CHRISTMAS BUSH. The tree has small green leaves and white flowers. The flowers turn red because of the hot weather before Christmas.

AUSTRALIA In Australia people go to Church on Christmas Eve. The church is decorated with Candlelight. Only Candles light the church for the service. When Santa gets to Australia he changes his clothes to something not so Hot because it is Summer there.

AUSTRALIA In Australia families get together for Christmas dinner around lunch time. They eat what we eat the traditional food. They even eat sea food like Lobster too. Some people use the BBQ’s to cook because it’s so hot.

ENGLAND – UNITED KINGDOM Who popularized the tradition of the Christmas tree in England? In England Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria made the Christmas tree popular. This was one of the ways he celebrated Christmas.

ENGLAND – UNITED KINGDOM FACTS Most families in England have a CHRISTMAS TREE. Sometimes they have more than one. In England, they decorate the houses with HOLLY, MISTLETOE AND NATIVITY SCENES.

ENGLAND – UNITED KINGDOM In England some of the Churches light the church with just Candles for the mass. England has the same weather as what we have. It’s cold there and they get some snow.

ENGLAND – UNITED KINGDOM Kids in England call Santa Claus FATHER CHRISTMAS. He leaves presents in stockings and in pillow-cases. In New Brunswick Santa Claus fills stockings and leaves presents under the tree.

THANK YOU! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!