Six Irishmen walk into a bar. This might sound like the start of a joke but, as legend has it, it's actually the beginning of Christmas in July in Australia. While this month is mid-summer for half ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtesy of Jolly Market Aussies do Christmas, but not like you know it. It’s the peak of summer, so the gum trees and Christmas ...

Spending Christmas with another family is a bit of a challenge. The music playlist is not what you expected, the food doesn't taste like what you're used to, and you don't feel that confident ...

Americans know Australia as the land Down Under, and one consequence of this geographical flip is that Christmas here falls at the height of summer. Our 100-degree temperatures aren't exactly ...

NEW YORK (AP) — To many Australians, Saturday is more than just Dec. 21. It's “Gravy Day,” all because of a lyric in one of the most unlikely Christmas songs ever written. “How to Make Gravy,” written ...

When it comes to Australian animals, the first that come to mind are generally kangaroos, koalas and maybe a platypus or a killer crocodile. However, there’s a tiny, iridescent group of beetles that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — To many Australians, ...