In Australia, during the Christmas season, we don't have snow or winter wonderlands, or any of that rubbish. In fact, it's summer during Christmas down under, and it is something that I've found a lot of Americans find difficult to fathom when telling them. While Americans tend to try to "stick to tradition" during the holiday season, Australians are more flexible. Yes, there are those families that have the big traditional meal on Christmas Day, but there are other families that celebrate with a barbecue at the beach. Other families might go out and have some fish and chips. I remember one year, our family celebrated Christmas with a champagne breakfast. There's an element of Aussie families wanting to make the most of the holidays (so much so that we have two public holidays for it - Boxing Day is on Dec 26). And the warmer weather helps the beer go down better too.