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How are you spending the summer solstice?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Sason on June 24, 2021, 12:53:35 pm ---People dance around the midsummer pole, after having decorated it with leaves and flowers.
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I would dance around a midsummer pole, too, if I had one, with a crown of leaves and flowers. ;D
--- Quote ---Then comes the games: sack-race, running with a spoon in your mouth with an egg on, tying one person's left foot to another's right foot and let them race against another pair and so on. The more schnapps people have had, the more fun they have.
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We call that a three-legged race, but I don't know if anyone does that anymore.
--- Quote ---After all this, some of those who are still awake will go to a more or less secluded place and do their best to make sure there will be one more celebrant next year. ::)
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All pagan festivals seem to be an occasion for sex. (But who needs a special occasion for that? ;D )
That strawberry cake looks really good! Of course, this time of year, we have strawberry shortcake.
Sason:
Jeff, you're welcome here any midsummer eve to take part in the festivities! ;D
serious crayons:
Is it sometimes like the 2019 film Midsommar?
My son said he took a date to that movie and immediately deeply regretted it.
Here's the IMDb description: "A couple travels to Scandinavia to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult."
Actually it sounds charming and now I'm hungry for herring.
Sason:
I haven't seen the movie, but I read the reviews at the time.
It didn't convey the true midsummer celebration, according to them.
There's usually not much violence, and no bizarre competitions. (other than the three-legged race of course ;D)
And yes, herring is awesome!
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Sason on June 24, 2021, 06:08:04 pm ---There's usually not much violence,
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Not exactly a welcoming description. :laugh:
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