For Lauren Human and her two young daughters, the trip into Melbourne to take in the sights and sounds of the city at Christmas is a major event. They view the nativity scene, meet Santa and peer at the Christmas windows.
Ms Human and her parents migrated from South Africa in the 1980s. Free from the restrictions of Apartheid, Christmas outings became family traditions.
Over the festive season more than a million people are expected to visit Melbourne's Christmas Windows. The illustrated children's storybook Alice in Wonderland is brought vividly to life in the windows of Myer department store.
