What Christmas songs do they sing in Australia?

Answer 1

Australian culture has been very much influenced by the Christmas songs sung in other countries of the western world. Such songs include old favourites such as:

• Silent Night
• Oh Come All Ye Faithful
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing
• Angels We Have Heard on High
• God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
• The First Noel
• We Three Kings
• Away in a Manger
• Joy to the World
• Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
• Good King Wenceslas

The fact that Australia's Christmas falls in the summer time and there is therefore no snow does not stop festive singing of songs about Santa Claus and general Christmas themes, such as:

• Frosty the Snowman
• I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Jingle Bells
• Oh Christmas Tree
• Deck the Halls

In addition, Australia has many local songwriters who have written uniquely Australian carols. These include (among others):

• Australian Jingle Bells by Colin Buchanan
• Six White Boomers by Rolf Harris
• The Three Drovers
• The Carol of the Birds
• Christmas Day ("the North Wind is tossing the leaves") by John Wheeler and William G James
• Christmas in the Scrub by Leigh Newton
• Australian Twelve Days of Christmas

Answer 2

Australia celebrates Christmas with many of the same Christmas songs and carols as those sung in other parts of the world. There is less emphasis on songs with a snowy theme, although "Jingle Bells" and "Frosty the Snowman" are still popular. In addition, there is an Australian form of Jingle Bells called "Aussie Jingle Bells", and other Australian-themed songs such as Six White Boomers.