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What customs do you have regarding midsummer in your own country?
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#1
Taking a 15+ hr car ride so my husband who has MS can see the beach for the first time.
Final score:
13points
Madame Chaos (Submission author) 2 years ago
Thanks . Going to take video so he'll always remember 😁
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 2 years ago
If I may, one suggestion; get the video, but don't forget to put the camera/phone down and enjoy the moment with him. Hope you both have an amazing time!
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#2
Swede here, on my way now to dance around the midsommarstång! Glad midsommar! 💐
Final score:
12points
#3
Hmm a bit of human sacrifice and pushing old folks off cliffs JK JK do not murder me. It's winter here in Africa.
Final score:
10points
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 2 years ago
Oh oh, that's right. Virgins into volcanoes, old folks off cliffs. Always get them mixed up JK JK censorshipsucks started it LOL
#4
I'm going to have a midsummer night's dream about someone called bottom who gets turned into an a*s. And I'm going to be Queen of the fairies.
Final score:
9points
#5
We don't celebrate it here in Germany, but it seems like a good occasion to have some cake and coffee
Final score:
8points
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 2 years ago
Do you need a good occasion for cake and coffee? That sounds amazing right now!
#6
i’m going to sleep. 👍✨
Final score:
7points
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 2 years ago
How else am I going to stay up plotting all the mischief and mayhem?
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#7
Midsummer - or Sankt Hans as we call it here in Dk is apparently banned this year. Normally we gather around a huge bonfire and send a “witch” of to bloksbjerg, while singing and “hygge” (guess it translates to some sort of cozyness) Sooo, this year You’ll find me ind my garden, in front of my firepit, still singing though, with a glas of Wine. Glædelig Sankt Hans!
Final score:
7points
Danish Dynomummy (Submission author) 2 years ago
We have an unsual dry summer here, that is why we're not allowed. You know, small country with lots of forrest :)
#8
My A-hole neighbor is having a barbecue, therefore I will be hosting an outdoor moot, drinking horns and all. And maybe draw from other pagan traditions and burn a wicker (or more likely straw man). Blow your leaves and grass clipping in my yard again and see what I do for Samhain.
Final score:
7points
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
What is the definition of a moot? My sister's Rover Scouts do a couple of camps they call moots each year but I've never understood why they have that name.
Rachel Reynolds (Submission author) 2 years ago
Mine was probably a lot different from your sisters lol. I'm a follower of Asatru, a Neo-Norse religion (Not the racist one, sucks that I have to qualify that). Moot is an old Anglo Saxon word describing "a meet up where people debate". Nowadays, it's basically a meetup/party.
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#9
I'm spending midsummer in the city and bonfires were not allowed, so we didn't go to the nearby beach and park area where you've usually seen several bonfires across the lake. There are always lots of people partying and playing yard games. On Thursday, the city was already clearly quiet and it was strange to buy barbecue delicacies in such an empty store. It seems that the whole of Finland is always sitting in their cars in the midsummer on traffic jams to get to summer cottages or a festival. It's actually nice to spend midsummer in a quiet and deserted city relaxing without doing anything at all. We grilled on the balcony with an electric grill and I drank cucumber cocktails. Today I'll probably go to the sauna because it's part of the midsummer celebration. Maybe I'll use a birch and lavender herb bag. It is made a bit like tea. We put the bag in warm water and wait 20 minutes, take it out and throw the scented water on the hot stones. Hyvää mittumaaria kaikille!
Final score:
5points
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 2 years ago
That sounds amazing! Way better than dealing with all the crowds at a festival
LillieMean (Submission author) 2 years ago
Absolutely. Especially if you have already spent midsummer many times at festivals or beach parties. Many people seem to have alcohol as their number one priority, and I can't really take it anymore. Especially when once the beach party ended when people in wetsuits came to look for a possibly drowned person. Alcohol combined with a hot sauna and cool lake water is a bad combination for many otherwise perfectly healthy people.
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nothing much, I’m going to a beach and I have a sound design camp at my local theater
Final score:
5points
#11
it's winter time here in Australia, so I'm going to hibernate in my bed till my wedding day
Final score:
4points
#12
We have been enjoying Midsummer by having ice cream sundaes for dinner since my children were tots!! Now all three are heading to college but the still like this tradition that started when by the last days of school…. Hot and harried days in NY, USA… just served ice cream!!!!
Final score:
3points
#13
June is Winter here so no, just keeping warm in NZ and waiting for the endless rain to stop.
Final score:
3points
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Australia too. Was very wet today and looks like it will be that way all week.
#15
Hangin' with my fam in the fae realm since portals are so easy to create rn. :)
Final score:
1point
#16
Me, i'm going to be waiting. As in waiting six months for it to be midsummer. Remember, it's winter for half the planet right now.
Final score:
1point
#17
Travelled 7 hours one way to go to sauna and get eaten by billion mosquitos, followed by getting soaked in rainstorm. But got to see my cousins and grandparents so time well spent 😊
Final score:
1point
#18
going to summer camp, going to florida, visiting family, going to see metallica, and going to a mets game.
Final score:
0points
#19
Go to the hot pools: That is winter. Spend time w/ family: EVERY SEASON!!!! For Midsummer? I'll probably stay at home, avoid a super long holiday, and wait until my dad says we're going to Greymouth [SOOOO WET!] or Cromwell [hardly warm, since it's in near the mountains] or somewhere else or maybe just go to the mall with friends.
Final score:
0points
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Jen Schurman 2 years ago
I run Shepherd’s Rest Goat and Sheep Rescue. We are doing lot’s of Goat Yoga to support the 87 animals in our care. Fry the llama is judging everyone, always! IMG_2368-6...5-jpeg.jpg 
Jen Schurman 2 years ago
I run Shepherd’s Rest Goat and Sheep Rescue. We are doing lot’s of Goat Yoga to support the 87 animals in our care. Fry the llama is judging everyone, always! IMG_2368-6...5-jpeg.jpg
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