# Christmas in Australia. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124 "2011-12-05T13:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124/1 "2011-12-05T13:18:46Z")
[Christmas in Australia.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2IpET_ydUg) Same in your part of the world? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124/2 "2011-12-05T14:09:31Z")
I’m not going to report this, but damn, **don’t ask**. That’s spam. You posted a link to a minute long commercial with no explanation. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124/3 "2011-12-05T17:24:40Z")
And that singer needs to stop drinking decaf. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124/4 "2011-12-05T18:47:16Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I’m not going to report this, but damn, **don’t ask**. That’s spam. You posted a link to a minute long commercial with no explanation. Heh, I think he was just going for the summer christmas vs winter christmas angle. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124/5 "2011-12-06T06:40:50Z")
Australia **is** my part of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124/6 "2011-12-06T06:56:46Z")
I always assumed it was exactly like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh79619xxk8&feature=related). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124/7 "2011-12-06T07:10:58Z")
That video was awful. That said, Xmas on the Southern California coast doesn’t look all that different. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124/8 "2011-12-06T08:18:36Z")
Here, Grepe Myrtle and palm trees strung with Christmas lights. One house has a lighted Harley Davidson lawn ornament. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-in-australia/605124/9 "2011-12-06T20:20:58Z")
Whats next, beer adverts?