1. Christmas in Australia Hi! I’m Kenny Koala and I’m going to tell you how we celebrate Christmas in Australia

2. Christmas in Australia The first people who lived in Australia looked like this. They didn’t know anything about Christmas The first people who lived in Australia looked like this. They didn’t know anything about Christmas

3. Christmas in Australia P eople heard about a country at the bottom of the world where it was always warm and didn’t have snow at Christmas. Sailors said it was as big as the US. P eople heard about a country at the bottom of the world where it was always warm and didn’t have snow at Christmas. Sailors said it was as big as the US.

4. Christmas in Australia So they decided to get in their wooden boat and see if it was really true there was a country without snow at Christmas So they decided to get in their wooden boat and see if it was really true there was a country without snow at Christmas

5. Christmas in Australia The black people who lived here saw white people for the first time and wondered if they were ghosts The black people who lived here saw white people for the first time and wondered if they were ghosts

6. Christmas in Australia The Europeans were surprised to see many strange animals they hadn’t seen before The Europeans were surprised to see many strange animals they hadn’t seen before

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8. So the black people told there was no snow there at Christmas and the white people told what Christmas means So the black people told there was no snow there at Christmas and the white people told what Christmas means

9. Christmas in Australia The Europeans were disappointed there was no Christmas snow. “What will we do at Christmas without snow and sleds?” they said. The Europeans were disappointed there was no Christmas snow. “What will we do at Christmas without snow and sleds?” they said.

10. Christmas in Australia They saw beautiful ocean beaches. Let’s spend Christmas at the beach instead of riding sleds in the snow. They saw beautiful ocean beaches. Let’s spend Christmas at the beach instead of riding sleds in the snow.

11. Christmas in Australia Let’s picnic in the mountain rainforests for Christmas instead of making snowmen Let’s picnic in the mountain rainforests for Christmas instead of making snowmen

12. Christmas in Australia We’ll still celebrate Christmas but it will be warm instead of cold We’ll still celebrate Christmas but it will be warm instead of cold

13. Christmas in Australia So everyone decided it was nice having no snow for Christmas. I like it! Come and join me next Christmas. You’ll like it too So everyone decided it was nice having no snow for Christmas. I like it! Come and join me next Christmas. You’ll like it too

14. Christmas in Australia Bye now. See you in Australia next Christmas. Bye now. See you in Australia next Christmas.