Or do we really just want cheesy stories, romance, complex family dynamics and Christmas carols with an Aussie backdrop ... farm in — you guessed it — Australia, to keep up pretences ...

The Christmas beetle isn’t one but 36 species of large insects from the genus Anoplognathus. Almost all are native to Australia, and for years they seem to have been diminishing in numbers.

December in Australia is summertime, which means there’s no white snow day or hot cocoas for Christmas. Instead, there are plenty of barbecues. Aussies love a good barbecue, and you’ll find a ...

He is pictured arriving in Croydon, England, with some of the 50,000 letters of what was the first Christmas airmail from Australia to England in 1931. The Mercury reported: "Australian doggedness ...

Occasionally disdain. But mostly with the conviction that you can't have a proper Christmas unless it's below freezing outside and dark by 4pm. Even in Australia, there's a cultural cringe around ...