Sentence:  Note that the colder winter months (June–Aug) are the busiest season. This period is known as <WSD>Yuletide</WSD>—the locals' version of the Christmas period, when most places offer traditional Christmas dinners and roaring log fires. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The period of southern winter in the middle of the year, sometimes celebrated in the colder, snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas, which originated as a marketing gimmick.