Australia Set for Different Xmas in 2020

Australia Set for Different Xmas in 2020
People walk past the Myer Christmas window display as they do their Christmas shopping in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec. 20, 2012. Scott Barbour/Getty Images
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Santa may have slipped down the chimney to deliver gifts as usual in 2020, but for many Australians Christmas is likely to have a very different feel.

Family gatherings across greater Sydney will be restricted for Christmas due to COVID-19, with the harshest rules reserved for the northern beaches area, where a virus cluster on December 24 jumped to 104 cases.