Festivals are always a bundle of joy! Everybody loves a good holiday. It is the perfect time for family and friends to gather around christmas and celebrate things they are grateful for. For children, it is the time for yummy food and endless fun! Holidays are also a time for working people and older adults to relax and spend some time on recreation.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Christian celebrations like Christmas and Easter are the most significant ones that are celebrated. Everyone loves fun gatherings, and Christmas only exemplifies it! Yummy food, Christmas decorations for trees and a cheerful festivity. But most importantly, it is a tribute to the living hero, Santa Claus! Children love meeting Santa Claus, but they love receiving their favourite goodies from him even more!
Planning
Planning for Christmas is an exciting task that people begin to engage in a week before the actual celebration. There are many aspects of Christmas that one needs to look into in order to make the holiday the best there is. Typically, the three core aspects that one needs to focus on are food, games and decorations.
The best part about Christmas is that every aspect is all-encompassing and includes every person in the family in the preparatory phase. In Australia, this initial phase is the entire of December, where people flock in large numbers to sing carols and celebrate the birth of Jesus. Each step has its suggestions that need to be looked into in detail.
Food
Delicious food is definitive of Christmas. Just like for thanksgiving, Christmas too has specialised feasts that families begin preparing at least a week before. Since Aussies celebrate Christmas in the summer, these feasts consist of many salads, sangrias and desserts to cool the crowd. Apart from this, meat is a famous component since Aussies love their outback steak. Instead of entire bird carvings like in the case of Thanksgiving, Christmas has meat cuts that are cooked to perfection and served on a bed of mashed potatoes.
Christmas Tree
The famous fir tree that decorates every family’s home is a vital part of Christmas as an event. The options for Christmas decorations are endless! Tree ornaments like sparkle balls, lights and gingerbread man danglings are popular. Tinsels and garlands for the windows, doors and handles come in various colours to match the vibe of one’s home. Elf decorations are also quite popular. These are tiny gnomes and elves dressed in red to resemble the minions of Santa Claus.
This decorating activity is also the fun part of festival as children and adults love bedazzling the tree! One cannot miss the most crucial element in the tree decoration, which is the tree toppers. Placing a single shining star on the top-most needle of the tree is what completes the process of decoration.
Games
Since Christmas is a confluence of people of all age groups, from toddlers to older adults, the games organised during the festival serve as an essential prompt to bring everyone together. In the presence of snow, snowball fights are a popular choice. However, it is a summer festival in Australia! People often play musical chairs using Christmas carols. If there are a lot of children and young adults, games like monopoly and twenty questions are popular. On the other hand, games like Pictionary and gift exchange games are popular amongst all age groups.
