Santa doesn’t wear his heavy red suit at an Aussie Christmas. He swaps his sleds at the South Pole for a surfboard and his kangas, slips in through open windows when there’s no chimney, and leaves the presents by the tree on a hot, steamy Christmas Eve. Maree Birch wrote this rhyme on Christmas Eve 1985, after her son said, “Mummy, I hope it snows tonight.” First published on the Sunshine Coast in 1986, it’s back for its 40th birthday in a new hardcover edition, with every picture restored from her original artwork. Read it free, and hear the song, at christmasdownunder.com.
Details
- Publication Date
- Dec 9, 2006
- Language
- English
- Category
- Children's
- Copyright
- Creative Commons NonCommercial, NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Contributors
- By (author): Maree Birch, Illustrated by: Maree Birch
Specifications
- Pages
- 36
- Binding Type
- Hardcover Case Wrap
- Interior Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Small Landscape (9 x 7 in / 229 x 178 mm)