Aboriginal father lifting his Trinidadian son while grandfather and mother laugh at Christmas - stock photo

The man lies on a jute rug in a Santa hat with his legs raised, balancing the curly-haired boy above him as they hold hands. The senior man and the blonde woman sit barefoot on a white sofa laughing at the pair while a decorated tree and wrapped presents fill the right side of the room. Full-height glass panels look out to the sea beneath a wooden A-frame ceiling in a Byron Bay beach house during the Australian summer holidays.