The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released some interesting facts and figures on some of Australia's Christmas characteristics.
In 2008, Santa will visit 3.2 million Australian families with children under the age of 15.
Most children live in New South Wales (1.3 million), Victoria (950,400) and Queensland (806, 500) where Santa will be kept especially busy.
Santa will be delivering some 37 million stuffed toys (worth more than $70 million) and 12 million dolls (worth $54 million) which were imported to Australia as at November 2008.
21,099 Australians travelled overseas on Christmas Day 2007, of that 8,605 were to visit family and friends and 12,494 for holidays. There were also 15,114 short-term visitors arriving in Australia on Christmas Day 2007, with 9,952 arriving for a holiday and 5,162 visiting friends and family.
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