Voici une présentation sur les traditions de Noël en Australie. Comme c'était pour un oral d'anglais, ce diaporama est rédigé en anglais.

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Christmas
traditions
in Australia

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As Christmas is coming, I believe it’s only normal that we
speak about it.
But, as Christmas is a subject that we’ve all heard about in a
presentation, and as we had to focus on one special theme
about one english-speaking country, I decided to focus on
Christmas Traditions in Australia.
To begin with, I decided to start with explaining what’s peculiar
about Christmas in Australia, and you might know what it is...

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Christmas in Australia
● Its Peculiarity

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It’s in summer, therefore, some traditions changes and some
don’t.
As you might all know, the reason why it is in summer is
because Australia is in the South Hemisphere of our planet,
therefore our cold and sad winter is their hot and awesome
summer.
So I was talking about traditions right… I said that some
change and some don’t. Basically, Australian Christmases are
British-like (as the first settlers to set foot in Australian
territory were British), but as it’s in summer, they change for
example the lyrics of carols, they also believe that Santa Claus
can either come in his original red fur-trimmed suit and his 6
reindeers, or he comes in red shorts and loose shirts and 6
kangaroos to give a rest to the reindeers.
There are also some parties in the beach and sandman (as an
opposition of snowman, as they don’t have snow during
Christmas).

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Outside Decorations
Australian’s Xmas decoration is not really different from us,
they decorate the outside if and how they want to. This really
depends on how much peple want their houses to be decorated.
Sometimes, people throw a contest for Xmas decorations in the
neighbourhood like in the USA. They come and go in their
neighbours houses, evaluate the outside decorations and name
the winner. Generally the winner only wins the fact he had the
best decorations, but sometimes, he can welcome his
neighbours for a barbecue.
Decorations in Australia are the same as ours, even though
they have their original decorations, that is to say some
snowballs containing a figure of the native wild life (koalas,
kangaroos,…), santa in shorts hanging in the Christmas tree,…

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Christmas in Australia
● Christmas Bush

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Christmas Bush
The Xmas Bush is a native Australian tree which has green
leaves and cream-coloured flowers that turn red during the
Christmas period.
They are often used to make wreaths that are hanging on the
front door for Xmas, one of the original Australian
decorations.
People can either put it as a wreath on their door, or they can
use it as their own Christmas Tree if they don’t want to be « too
classic » and use the classic worldwide Christmas Tree.
According to me, I think that this tree is kinda awesome, as it
changes color only during Christmas period and it has the
original Christmas colors at that moment (green and red).
So it does indeed deserve its name « Christmas Bush ».

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Christmas in Australia

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Christmas Carols:
People join together at night and sing the well-known Xmas
Carols, and/or their original Australian ones.
This event is called Carols by Candlelight, and it is recorded
(only from the big cities like Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane,…)
and broadcast all over the country.
As the Original Christmas Carols use the words « snow » and
« cold » (most of them), Australians usually change the lyrics
for a more « summer » type of words (« sand », « rain », « hot »,
…).
Some famous celebrities can come and sing these carols
during the Carols by Candlelight event while it’s recorded and
broadcast all over the country, just like in the USA, where
famous singers do the same in New York City.

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Christmas in Australia
● Christmas Meal

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Christmas Meal
The Australian Christmas meal is usually ate during lunch
time.
The “Aussie” Xmas Meal is a… Barbecue with a lot of sea-food
(among them shrimps, lobsters,...).
They called these barbecues the “barbies”.
It’s also common for them to eat a “classic” British Xmas meal.
For the historical part, Australia has its origins mainly from
the first settlers that first set foot in the territory, as in the
British. Therefore, it’s quite common to see some beliefs and
traditions that are common to both these countries.
Fun Fact : markets of sea-food are often full of people during
Christmas period, as in summer, they don’t really feel like
eating a meal around a table.

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MERRY
CHRISTMA
S

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So that’s all for the Christmas Traditions in Australia. I hope
you find it interesting, and that you might have learned
something.
And of course…
MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!

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Sitographie
● Image d’arrière plan : Christmas tree 2010 de Rexness (
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rexness/5319732292/)
● Image 1 : Santa's Entourage de Sarah_Ackerman (
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sackerman519/4245797256/in/photostream/)
● Image 2 : Christmas decorations de Lars Igelström (
https://www.flickr.com/photos/skumroffe/5380435882/)
● Image 3 : Christmas bush de John Tann (
https://www.flickr.com/photos/31031835@N08/5377140031/in/photolist-9cafoT-9b5oCV-9b8xdW-9b8wXd-9rGmg
)
● Image 4 : Singing the Christmas Carols de Lim Chye peng (
https://www.flickr.com/photos/colinlim/11545913666/in/photolist-iAgPT1-7pB2U1-dzhpik-drEAY9-dy4b2c-dCgL
)
●
Image 5 : Christmas Carol, Brisbane City Tabernacle Baptist Church de Andrew Mercer (
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajmercer/15882823288/)
● Image 6 : Lobster Tails de Ian Sanderson (
https://www.flickr.com/photos/iansand/16136048015/in/photostream/)