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Post by Cheeseman on Apr 8, 2022 6:47:40 GMT -5
The question is simple: do you prefer Northern Hemisphere seasons (colder on the edges of the year, warmer in the middle), or Southern Hemisphere seasons (warmer on the edges of the year, cooler in the middle)? This isn't about which hemisphere has better climates - just what seasonal pattern you prefer. Continental climate fans who require a white Christmas would be best off picking Northern, for example.
I, of course, have lived in Wisconsin all my life so I'm vastly more used to northern hemisphere seasons - though I think I might give the edge to southern hemisphere seasons, which would allow me to have a nice warm birthday and Christmas. Easter as a fall holiday would be interesting, and to keep the late autumn vibe of Thanksgiving it would have to be in May. But a lot of my favorite climates (Asuncion, Rockhampton, Rio de Janeiro, etc.) are in the southern hemisphere so I might be a little biased by that. It is easier for kids in school though too, as the school year begins and ends in the same calendar year (February/March to November/December instead of August/September to May/June). And if the first summer going into the year is crap, perhaps December will make up for it at the end and redeem the calendar year as a whole.
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Post by Benfxmth on Apr 8, 2022 6:48:26 GMT -5
Northern Hemisphere for me. It'd be weird to have Christmas in summer, or my birthday when it's almost winter.
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Post by Strewthless on Apr 8, 2022 6:49:38 GMT -5
Northern, I just can't cope with the idea of Christmas in summer.
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Post by Cadeau on Apr 8, 2022 8:01:13 GMT -5
Northern Hemisphere, of course. I love celebrating my birthday right in the middle of winter.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2022 8:37:48 GMT -5
Northern
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Post by Ariete on Apr 8, 2022 8:46:26 GMT -5
Everyone who replies Northern Hemisphere is anti-Australian and racist!!!!!11 
- Fagler
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Post by Steelernation on Apr 8, 2022 12:01:49 GMT -5
Northern, I don’t want Christmas in summer
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Post by alex992 on Apr 8, 2022 12:37:38 GMT -5
Northern. Don't want Christmas, New Years, or my birthday being during summer.
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Post by greysrigging on Apr 8, 2022 16:17:17 GMT -5
Can only go by what I'm used to.... nothing finer than a cooking up a big Xmas Day roast with all the trimmings and puddings on a blazing hot summers day, starting on beers and wines in the morning, some backyard cricket being played off and on all day, dive in and outta the pool if it gets too hot, admire the form of ya mates skimpily attired girlfriends.....snooze in the chair for a bit before getting back into it.... Then look forward to the Boxing Day Test Cricket, either at the MCG with 80,000 other like minded fans, or in front of the TV, eating Xmas Day leftovers, or a day at the beach or down at the river....a coupla days later its New Years Eve, its been 41c and still hot as it gets closer to midnight, beach parties, street parties etc. Aussie Xmas/New Year is an awesome time....the school year finishes in mid Dec and the new school year commences late Jan/early Feb, so 6 weeks off at the peak of summer. A 'snowy' Xmas is simply not part of the Southern Hemisphere psyche, other than the shameless and incessant bullshit commercialisation of the whole 'Çhristmas' thing. So imagine the newspaper and media waffle when there was a dump of snow across the Victorian Alps on Xmas Day 2006....you woulda thought Jesus himself came back as well.... www.abc.net.au/news/2006-12-25/aussies-celebrate-white-christmas/2161238 |
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Post by Cheeseman on Apr 8, 2022 17:09:58 GMT -5
Can only go by what I'm used to.... nothing finer than a cooking up a big Xmas Day roast with all the trimmings and puddings on a blazing hot summers day, starting on beers and wines in the morning, some backyard cricket being played off and on all day, dive in and outta the pool if it gets too hot, admire the form of ya mates skimpily attired girlfriends.....snooze in the chair for a bit before getting back into it.... Then look forward to the Boxing Day Test Cricket, either at the MCG with 80,000 other like minded fans, or in front of the TV, eating Xmas Day leftovers, or a day at the beach or down at the river....a coupla days later its New Years Eve, its been 41c and still hot as it gets closer to midnight, beach parties, street parties etc. Aussie Xmas/New Year is an awesome time....the school year finishes in mid Dec and the new school year commences late Jan/early Feb, so 6 weeks off at the peak of summer. A 'snowy' Xmas is simply not part of the Southern Hemisphere psyche, other than the shameless and incessant bullshit commercialisation of the whole 'Çhristmas' thing. So imagine the newspaper and media waffle when there was a dump of snow across the Victorian Alps on Xmas Day 2006....you woulda thought Jesus himself came back as well.... www.abc.net.au/news/2006-12-25/aussies-celebrate-white-christmas/2161238Glad to see there is someone else on here who likes Southern Hemisphere seasons!!
Of course I live in Wisconsin and there's a lot of white Christmas foaming around here but I, as a cold/snow hater, have never felt snow was necessary for Christmas. Sounds like I'd enjoy Australian Christmas a lot actually. My birthday is December 21 so between that, Christmas, and New Year's, that's three excuses for a summer beach party right there within two weeks of each other!
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Post by Donar on Apr 8, 2022 17:42:08 GMT -5
Northern because I'm used to it. Christmas should be in winter and Easter and spring. In fact, I have read that the Christian resurrection theme was just placed on top of an old pagan spring celebration. Either way, I like that our culture is deeply connected to the course of seasons.
The southern hemisphere has the advantage that perihelion and aphelion are in the right spot, though. There could be crazy continental climates with a flipped landmass distribution.
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Post by jgtheone on Apr 8, 2022 17:56:28 GMT -5
Southern. It's what I'm used to, plus I reckon Christmas and New Years in summer is kinda unique.
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Post by greysrigging on Apr 8, 2022 23:05:19 GMT -5
Southern. It's what I'm used to, plus I reckon Christmas and New Years in summer is kinda unique. |
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Post by Beercules on Apr 9, 2022 1:21:50 GMT -5
Southern Vic may aswell have a NH Christmas, I mean in a given year it seems that half of the US landmass is warmer than southern Vic on the day  |
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Post by greysrigging on Apr 9, 2022 4:01:35 GMT -5
Southern Vic may as well have a NH Christmas, I mean in a given year it seems that half of the US landmass is warmer than southern Vic on the day  Well yes, ya probably close to right there....here is Portland ( Southern Coast Victoria at 38.31*S ) for Xmas Day 1990-2021. 2021 - 18.4c 2020- 17.5c 2019 - 20.6c 2018 - 20.4c 2017 - 19.4c 2016 - 27.9c 2015 - 37.7c ( and 17.8c on Boxing Day ) 2014 - 18.1c 2013 - 28.0c 2012 - 18.9c 2011 - 22.1c 2010 - 21.9c 2009 - 17.1c 2008 - 19.0c 2007 - 16.9c 2006 - 14.4c ( snowfalls in the Victorian Alps Xmas Day 2006 ) 2005 - 18.6c 2004 - 18.6c 2003 - 18.7c 2002 - 17.0c 2001 - 16.9c 2000 - 18.6c 1999 - 22.7c 1998 - 22.3c 1997 - 19.7c 1996 - 18.2c 1995 - 16.7c 1994 - 16.1c 1993 - 18.3c 1992 - 17.9c 1991 - 23.8c 1990 - 19.9c |
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Post by Beercules on Apr 9, 2022 5:48:10 GMT -5
Incredible. More teens than even 20's  Truly a genuine subarctic maritime dump |
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Apr 9, 2022 6:42:09 GMT -5
Northern is better for the sole reason that Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday) should remain a fall holiday, and should fall right when fall foliage colors are peaking and in the American football season. I have no problem spending Christmas in warmth, as I'm very used to this, as I visit my family in South FL every year during this time.
Really I could care less about this, and I just love Mediterranean paradises, in both the NH and the SH.
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Post by Cheeseman on Apr 9, 2022 7:27:18 GMT -5
Northern is better for the sole reason that Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday) should remain a fall holiday, and should fall right when fall foliage colors are peaking and in the American football season. I have no problem spending Christmas in warmth, as I'm very used to this, as I visit my family in South FL every year during this time.
Really I could care less about this, and I just love Mediterranean paradises, in both the NH and the SH.
Why not switch around Thanksgiving and Memorial Day for a southern hemisphere location? 
At least we have the same favorite holiday - I've considered Thanksgiving my favorite since I was at most 13 - and you don't have the White Christmas hangup either. I blame Bing Crosby!
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Apr 9, 2022 7:42:33 GMT -5
Northern is better for the sole reason that Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday) should remain a fall holiday, and should fall right when fall foliage colors are peaking and in the American football season. I have no problem spending Christmas in warmth, as I'm very used to this, as I visit my family in South FL every year during this time.
Really I could care less about this, and I just love Mediterranean paradises, in both the NH and the SH.
Why not switch around Thanksgiving and Memorial Day for a southern hemisphere location? 
At least we have the same favorite holiday - I've considered Thanksgiving my favorite since I was at most 13 - and you don't have the White Christmas hangup either. I blame Bing Crosby!
Even here on Long Island you'd have to go back to 2009 for a white Christmas. December is a relatively mild winter month here. |
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Post by Cheeseman on Apr 9, 2022 7:46:19 GMT -5
Why not switch around Thanksgiving and Memorial Day for a southern hemisphere location?
At least we have the same favorite holiday - I've considered Thanksgiving my favorite since I was at most 13 - and you don't have the White Christmas hangup either. I blame Bing Crosby!
Even here on Long Island you'd have to go back to 2009 for a white Christmas. December is a relatively mild winter month here. Wow that's impressive. Around here the chance of a white Christmas is a little better than 50/50 - it's considered the normal state of things, but a particularly mild and/or dry December can leave us with a yellow/brown Christmas instead.
I'd much rather have this kind of White Christmas though!! |
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