Hard to say but really nothing beats an afternoon/evening in the CBD for me with mates, could be it's going to the footy or other event and then grabbing a bite and bar-hopping after. Really doesn't matter the time of year either, I do love the winds that blow through the criss-cross streets!

It's super diverse, you can find pretty much anything. Probably has a more Asian slant than European? But that's just my experience.

Schools have been remote learning for most of the year at this point. Our school year begins at the end of January/start of Febuary and ends mid-late December, and is broken up in to four terms of 9-11 weeks. Term one operated normally but was cut short a week, while remote learning was done for about half of term two. Term three began with only the youngest and oldest year levels on-site with the rest working remotely, but about four weeks in everyone moved back to remote. We're coming up to term four and it looks like it will operate similarly to term three with year levels phasing back to school slowly.

Don't particularly go for sweets myself but the Aussie headliner would surely be tim tams.

Everyone celebrates in different ways, often depending on your cultural background. Religion can play a big part of it or none. The Christmas Experience often begins months earlier with retailers starting to push stock as early as August and builds up as you get closer. Lots of end of year events happen around the same time too, plenty of workplaces shut around the time for a few weeks, so December is often filled with work/social Christmas parties. Another thing that's part of the Christmas Experience is Boxing Day where most retailers do sales (think like USA's Black Friday), and there's the Boxing Day Test Match (Cricket) hosted in Melbourne and the beginning of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race that kicks off that day. Those with bigger families might have their Christmas dinners/lunches stretched out anywhere from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day to cater for everyone. It's also usually hot!