Ahead of this year´s Christmas holidays, Pamela Rauleder asks music teacher Ana Grayson how we can keep a traditional Christmas spirit alive while enjoying the Australian summer to the fullest.

In 1839, the Ludwig Rainer choir travelled from Austria to the USA and sang folk songs at the Alexander Hamilton Monument ...

We spend a lot of time learning the Christmas songs. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ... Their setlist includes traditional German hymns and compositions by Handel and Brahms. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING ...