I live in the southwest US which is hardly like Australia, but we do NOT have snow on Christmas. Every year there is much bruhaha about *this one* being a white Christmas. No not so much. Sunny, clear, probably 50 degrees.
OTOH, I would rather live where I don't have to chip away ice to find my car like I did in Chicago.
I can look at the snow in the mountains if I want. Or I could drive up to the top of the mountain where it can stay.
So Merry Christmas you a little closer Northerners and REAL Southerners down under.
--Jay