2015 $1 Merry Christmas PNC Silver Set Sporting an intimidating bonnet design

Sporting an intimidating bonnet design and requiring remarkable control

The reverse of the coin depicts a representation of a yellow snake curled around a tree branch

9 metres in length and weighs 120 kilograms

but it seems that for hundreds of years children have left shoes and stockings by the fireplace on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts by Father Christmas

2015 $1 Merry Christmas PNC Silver Set Sporting an intimidating bonnet designRed Crabs are a familiar sight on Christmas Island, and this year they make a strong appearance in this Christmas Island Christmas stamp issue. Like dexterous circus performers mimicking a human pyramid, Red Crabs stack themselves cleverly into a Christmas tree, an Emerald Dove poised on the top, with a strand of tinsel in its beak.