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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 20: A family poses for a photo with Santa Claus as he visits Christmas Square on December 20, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. Australian retailers are looking forward to an improved Christmas trading period when compared to recent years. Improved consumer confidence, interest rate cuts, and stabilising house prices point to a positive outlook for the current Christmas period. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 20:  A family poses for a photo with Santa Claus as he visits Christmas Square on December 20, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. Australian retailers are looking forward to an improved Christmas trading period when compared to recent years. Improved consumer confidence, interest rate cuts, and stabilising house prices point to a positive outlook for the current Christmas period.  (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)