In 2019 the same shop provided two card and a rather nice one arrived in the mail.
In 2022 we located three more Australian theme cards.
The many questions received about an Australian Christmas caused me to consider our Christmas greeting cards design. Do we have cards with an Australian theme or are they all frost, ice and snow. I therefore gathered together over two hundred cards and sorted them into several groups. The results by theme were:-
Holly, candles, doves etc 23%
Traditional Christmas scenes 19%
Featuring Father Christmas 18%
Snow & winter scenes 13%
Other styles 11%
Religious 10%
Australian scenes & images 6%
It appears from this small sample that Australians still have in there minds the traditions of the holly, candles, doves and trees type
Christmas which has been passed down to them by their ancestors most of whom migrated from the northern hemisphere.
The above was written, and modified, over many years but in December 2018 we discovered in our local $2.00 shop the below range of Australian Christmas cards. Ten cards in a pack with five different desings all
for $2.
Santa with koala, kangaroo & platypus
Penguins only live on the Antarctic continent & southern coasts of Australia.
A kangaroo
delivering Christmas gifts.
Doctor Santa Claus caring for a tired kangaroo while two reindeer carry
the stretcher.
Card design by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
is a not-for-profit charitable service providing aeromedical emergency
and primary health care services together with communication and
education assistance to people who live, work and travel in regional and
remote Australia.
In December 2008 we received this Christmas card.
It depicts three creatures which are uniquely Australia, but then is framed with Christmas symbols from the northern hemisphere. The holly
and the green fir tree are not common to Australia.
The colours are mainly red, green and white which are world wide traditional Christmas colours.
In December 2009 a quick search of the Christmas cards received revealed
a few with Australian themes.
The birds are from the Australian Wren
family plus Golden Wattle and Banksia flowers. The card was issued by
Australian Red Cross.
This card is by Sylvia Bremner. It is a photo of Cradle Mountain, Tasmania and Dove Lake with Santa and Australian helpers inserted.
December 2010 this nice Australian theme card arrived.
It was designed by Lee Krutop and depicts a koala exploding from a Christmas cracker. It is complimented with gum leaves and an Australian bird.
1st December 2011 - The first two cards received this year both had Australian themes.
December 2014 we received the below card, with an Australian theme designed by Lee Krutop.
It is a very homely card featuring Santa, a kangaroo, a koala, a possum and the Australian flag.
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