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Continuing with the climatic contrast a bit, I am always struck by the way in which the inhabitants of the northern hemisphere are surprised by the strange cultural heritage of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, sleighs and all that shit, when they visit Uruguay.
Although the temperature by the end of December is around 86 degrees, the "white Christmas" has always been incorporated, inherited. Enough is to say that in some shopping malls, there is even artificial snow falling from the sky over the huge pine tree.
Even culinary customs are bizarre. With 86 degrees, we usually eat nougat, nuts, drink sparkling wine and egg-nog. I think that I will never understand how there can be such a literal interpretation of a tradition which’s roots are in an absolutely contrary climate environment.
- I wonder if this happens anywhere else.maquito
- Weather in Europe has a cycle what brings lot of fog and really shitty dark weather over a large portion of the continent.sted
- Combined with the usual snow and cold gives you nothing but milky white winter in which visual conditions are limited, even walking a few miles can be scary af.sted
- Think about what stories the ppl. had to make up to keep people safe and happy.sted
- And how this was this was absorbed by capitalism. i was thinking that the Ozzie christmas is the most surreal.sted
- goes down to a level where tourists pay to get photos on surf boards dressed as Santa Claus.sted