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Christians around Australia celebrate Christmas, with a Jewish holiday land on the same day
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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12/25/2024
Christians around the country have attended church services to mark Christmas day. Religious leaders, charity workers and volunteers reflected on the year, spreading joy and love to those doing it tough all with a bit of Christmas cheer.
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With carols and hymns, many started the day with a traditional service reflecting on the
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past year.
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From the young to the young at heart, across the country religious leaders offered followers
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messages of hope and peace.
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If we want to have a sense of hope ourselves, I think we have to be people who try and give
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hope to others.
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In Melbourne, these pampered poochers attended their own special mass.
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Some people aren't happy to put up with the yapping, but yeah, it's part of Christmas,
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it's not just how I want it, but it's all us, everyone's welcome.
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The jolly man himself dropped by Hobart, where volunteers gave up their Christmas day to
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help those in need.
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There's so many people doing it tough, and to be able to avail ourselves of this, well,
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yeah, it's great.
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Absolutely.
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Yeah.
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And that's what Christmas is all about, getting together for people.
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St Nick made time to swing by charity the Les Twentymann Foundation to hand out presents.
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This is for families who've not got very much, so this gives them a Christmas day that they
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wouldn't ordinarily have.
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But the recent loss of the group's founder earlier this year was still raw.
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Not seeing Les here is a bit upsetting.
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At this charity lunch in Adelaide, a homemade meal was a gift in itself.
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If I didn't come here, I wouldn't eat breakfast or lunch anyway.
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Australians across the country have marked Christmas in very different ways, including
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at big community events like this, where a three-course meal and some live entertainment
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is uniting those from all walks of life.
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And it wasn't just Christians celebrating, the Jewish community today marked the start
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of Hanukkah.
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We're going to have multicultural Hanukkah, Pillars of Light, which is a celebration for
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all Victorians to come together.
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But the cost of living crisis hitting hard, charities say more people are feeling the
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pinch.
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We're seeing working families, families with children, older Australians who are really
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lonely.
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So this stuff matters.
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I mean, the cost of living and housing crisis are having a profound impact on our community.
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Merry Christmas, everyone.
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Happy New Year.
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Sentiment shared by many, far and wide.
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