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Dreaming of a white Christmas? Not in Australia! It's that time of the year when Santa Claus hits the surf and Rudolph's nose gets shinier in the summer heat. Oh what fun it is to ride In a rusty...
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Like a fine box of assorted chocolates, our Advent Sound Calendar has something for all tastes.
We have cherrypicked a diverse collection of Christmas songs from the NFSA collection for your...
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Watch clips from three of the annual Christmas pantomimes produced for TV in the 1960s by NWS9 in Adelaide.
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As part of our Newscaf series, we bring you some notable Christmas light displays, from Toowoomba to Tasmania.
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We're inviting independent musicians, bands, singers and songwriters to submit their Christmas songs for consideration for the NFSA collection.
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It's 1946 and three-year-old Robin Voigt is meeting Santa Claus for the first time.
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'Silent Night' was first performed 200 years ago this Christmas Eve in Salzburg, Austria. Schoolteacher and composer Franz Xaver Gruber wrote the popular carol with lyrics by Catholic priest Joseph...
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'Australians Let Us Barbecue' is a comedy song with lyrics written by radio duo Bucko and Champs and sung to the tune of 'Advance Australia Fair'. The song is from their album Aussie Christmas with...
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‘Merry Xmas, Carrol’ is a sombre offering from Melbourne band Painters and Dockers, featured on their EP Hickory Dickory Dock. Lead singer Paul Stewart leaves his trumpet at home for this track and...
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'Carol of the Drum' is a popular Christmas song written by American classical composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941; it is also known as ‘The Little Drummer Boy’. This version performed by...
