Hey Pandas, Are You Doing Anything For Midsummer (Juhannus)?

What customs do you have regarding midsummer in your own country?

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Taking a 15+ hr car ride so my husband who has MS can see the beach for the first time.

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Madame Chaos

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Rivers of Belief 1 year ago

That's just beautiful

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Swede here, on my way now to dance around the midsommarstång! Glad midsommar! 💐

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Highwaytozen

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Hmm a bit of human sacrifice and pushing old folks off cliffs JK JK do not murder me. It's winter here in Africa.

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censorshipsucks

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ninjaTrashPandaBoom 1 year ago

Oh oh, that's right. Virgins into volcanoes, old folks off cliffs. Always get them mixed up JK JK censorshipsucks started it LOL

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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.

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Julie S

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Mis Stake she/her 🇫🇮🇬🇧 1 year ago

Sounds like a plan 😂

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We don't celebrate it here in Germany, but it seems like a good occasion to have some cake and coffee

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TotallyNOTaFox

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ninjaTrashPandaBoom 1 year ago

Do you need a good occasion for cake and coffee? That sounds amazing right now!

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i’m going to sleep. 👍✨

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𝓪𝓶𝔂

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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 1 year ago

Sleep is the essence of our souls

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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!

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Danish Dynomummy

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Danish Dynomummy (Submission author) 1 year ago

We have an unsual dry summer here, that is why we're not allowed. You know, small country with lots of forrest :)

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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.

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Rachel Reynolds

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Huddo's sister 1 year 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.

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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!

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LillieMean

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Mis Stake she/her 🇫🇮🇬🇧 1 year ago

Hyvää Jussia! I went to Linnanmäki yesterday and it has never been so empty. It was great!

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nothing much, I’m going to a beach and I have a sound design camp at my local theater

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I Am, In Fact, That Weirdo

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it's winter time here in Australia, so I'm going to hibernate in my bed till my wedding day

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allie

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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!!!!

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