HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Guardian Australia

• Some like it hot: why cold Christmases are a feeble imitation of celebrating in summer | Eleanor Burnard READ
• Sydney’s queer bookstore ‘haven’ to close after 43 years: ‘This has never been about just selling books’ READ
• Crunch time: are freeze-dried fruit and veg actually healthy to eat or just chips in a different form? | Antiviral READ
• The Apartment: Billy Wilder’s Christmas classic is the blueprint for romcoms everywhere READ
• Australia announces special honours list to recognise acts of bravery during the Bondi attack READ