The Christmas season is upon us. The Plaza lights have been lit, Longview's Christmas in the Park has started, and many other lighting ceremonies are happening. I often wonder how other countries celebrate Christmas, especially Australia.
Let's give a cheer today for our pals in the land down under as they celebrate Australia Day in commemoration of the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove on January 26th, 1788.
Much like our Fourth of July, Australia Day is their big national holiday to eat BBQ, party with friends and family, and watch fireworks.
Imagine a mysterious, diverse, and beautiful land on the other side of the world. A land that produces an instrument called the didgeridoo, which looks and sounds as exotic as its name. A land down under, a land called Australia.
But wait! Let’s go back to the instrument: a didgeridoo? Well, that’s just plain fun to say! The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians about 1,500 years ago that is still in widespread use today all around the world.
