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    1. BrilliantPangolin639 on

      In Lithuania, midsummer is popular. Although, we call it “Joninės”

      I celebrate it with my friends.

    2. EquivalentClick8338 on

      (Finland)

      We already celebrated midsummer because it’s decided that it’s celebrated on saturday here. The celebrations are pretty much the same as in Denmark bit with extra sauna: Going to the country side or to a park, burning bonfires, Sauna, Beer, grilling, just staying up late.

    3. National_Bag_3980 on

      För 3 days ago och det där är en jävla majbrasa! 

    5. 32b1b46b6befce6ab149 on

      By burning shit and polluting just like god intended.

    7. Four_beastlings on

      Why is it called midsummer when it’s the start of summer?

      In Asturies it’s Saint John’s Night, when all the spirits, fairies and goblins are allowed to roam the earth. The best known tradition is jumping over fires because evil spirits can’t cross fire so you leave them behind, but we also sing, dance, and leave flower offerings around sweetwater bodies to placate the xanas, water spirits, so they won’t switch our babies for theirs.

      Also we get piss drunk, of course.

    8. Moosplauze on

      We celebrated it 2 days ago on 21st of June. Well, there really was no celebration, but that was the midsummer day where I live.

    10. TheHappyNerfHerder on

      Midsummer is probably the most important holiday in Sweden. Midsummer’s eve is always on a friday between 19-25 of june. We tend to celebrate in the countryside, maypoles, lots of food and drinking (snaps), lots of flowers and in some provinces or localities where music traditions is strong, you’ll here a lot of fiddles and keyharps.

    11. Telefragg on

      Not much of a celebration, I usually try to go and see the sunset of the longest day but this year it was cloudy.

    13. No_Conversation_9325 on

      Always on the 23rd in Spain. Bonfires, fireworks, food. And in my town it’s the start of a funfair. Gonna buzz whole week.

    14. Atalant on

      Well. This Year I haven’t done much celebration, since we had rain and thunder. But celebrating with Bonfires(actually we burn witches of, to scare of evil), lots of beer and singing. It is known as Saint John’s eve here.

    15. Yellowspawn on

      We celebrated it last friday with drinks, sauna and palju

    16. Mysterious_End_2462 on

      Midsommer is practically ignored in Hungary 🙁

    17. Distinct-Entity_2231 on

      I don’t. At least I’m not doing anything…extraordinary.
      I do, however, celebrate the fact, that it will only get better in terms of daylength. Finally, days will be shorter. In terms of temepratures, sadly, the worst is yet to come, I’m not looking forward to that, but days will get shorter, which is only a good thing.
      I just wish they would…stay short. Forever. It is so much better.

    18. chunek on

      It’s not common to celebrate the summer solstice here.

      It used to be part of the pagan rituals, a celebration of the [Kresnik](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kresnik_(deity)) deity, later, by christianization, turned into celebrating Janez Krstnik (John the Baptist).

      But it is common to burn bonfires on the eve of the 1st of May, since around the 19th century, and is related to the Labour Day. Burning bonfires is considered to be a very old pagan tradition, but the reasons and the narrative around them change through time.

    19. YavuzCaghanYetimoglu on

      It’s so hot in here, the last thing I’d do would be to light a giant fire. If I were celebrating midsummer I would probably celebrate with cold beer and swimming..

    20. Sure-Veterinarian107 on

      Idk I dont really celebrate it, in Finland it just feels like an excuse to drink alcohol (sorry Finns this is just imo)

    21. FelizIntrovertido on

      In Catalonia there’s a lot of fireworks and a special pastry. So we run away

    22. Black-Circle on

      We have Ivana Kupala in Ukraine, didn’t celebrate this year, obviously, but usually there would be a big fire which people have to jump over (there’s some tradition involving couples, but we would just jump over it for fun), girls would make wreaths from field flowers (often dandelions), and in the night as per tradition people go in the forest to search for the blossoming fern, legend saying that one who finds it can make any wish and it will come true (I remember being stupid child searching for the flowers on the fern in the midnight forest, not knowing that ferns don’t flower, while my parents would watch over and giggle).

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