“During their long period of unease about a hot Christmas, Australians rarely noticed that they had more access than their British relatives to a vital part of the traditional Christmas story: 'the stars in the bright sky'. Eventually they ceased to lament that their Christmas came in hot weather.” StarsChristmasAustraliaAustralians Book:Black Kettle and Full Moon : Daily Life in a Vanished Australia Source: Black Kettle and Full Moon : Daily Life in a Vanished Australia