Snowmen be gone

While I'm not exactly a xmas fanatic, I do enjoy the festive season, especially family traditions as such decorating the tree and partaking in marathon eating sessions involving meats, cherries and chocolate. However I despise the commercialisation and needless consumerism that's inevitable with every holiday nowadays. And I really, really wish Australia would get some new xmas imagery. Snowmen (or snowpeople), snowflakes, sleighs, reindeer holly, ivy and mistletoe etc are all irrelevant to our climate... or hasn't anyone noticed? Do you all think we live in the northern hemisphere people? This isn't Europe, nor is it America. It's time to let go of this colonial mentality, and curb the continual Americanisation going on around here. We need to start creating our own Christmas iconography. Things that involve sunshine, maybe some kangaroos or koalas, and a few native plants. If we all work really hard and dedicate ourselves to the cause, then maybe one day the sandman will indeed replace the snowman.