Christmas in Australia is often very _____________. It is not unusual to have _______________ Day well into the mid 30 degrees.

A traditional ___________ includes a turkey dinner, with ham, and pork. A flaming Christmas pudding is added for ________________. 

Some _____________________and particularly tourists often have their Christmas dinner at midday on a local beach. Bondi Beach in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs attracts _________________ of people on Christmas Day. Other families enjoy their day by having a picnic. If they are at home, the day may include swimming in a __________, playing out _________________the backyard or other outdoor activities.

The warm weather allows Australians to ______________ a tradition which commenced in 1937. Carols by _________________ is held every year on Christmas Eve, where tens of thousands of people gather in the city of Melbourne to sing their favourite Christmas ________________. The evening is lit by many _______________. The sky with its Southern ________________ stars is like a mirror. Sydney and the other capital _______________ also enjoy Carols in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

Australians surround themselves with Christmas __________, a native plant which has little red _______________.