Owing to the seasonal inversion caused by the southern hemispheric tilt- Santa Claus would have to make the rounds on a surfboard- as they have their Summer season in what to us are the Winter months. this seasonal inversion is caused by the axial tilt of the earth. ( if it was straight up 90 degrees it would not happen). Certainly this geographic fact complicates the Santa Claus mythology- so it is not , on credibility grounds, probably practiced.
Yes, many of them do.
YES
We usually have parties.
it has a picnic
people celebrate Christmas in Australia because the christian religion was brought to them 1788
They celebrate it on the beach and have barbeques
No. Australia celebrates Christmas in December, just as the rest of the world does. August has no connection with Christmas at all.
No Muslim, anywhere, should celebrate Christmas, as it is a Christian Holiday/Celebration, Not An Islamic one.
Australia and New Zealand celebrate Christmas in very similar ways.
families mostly celebrate Christmas in their homes
The Native Americans did not celebrate Christmas or Halloween. The early colonists did not celebrate Halloween either, and most did not celebrate Christmas.
The 24th of December is Christmas Eve. While Christmas Eve is the most important day of the Christmas celebrations in the Northern Hemisphere, Australians don't celebrate Christmas Eve at all.
No one HAS to celebrate Christmas. Most French do.