Jan 29, 2020
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, December 25th, Christmas Day, is probably cold, short and considered early winter according to wikipedia.com. We celebrate it with friends and family either inside in the warmth of a centrally heated home or outside, all bundled up sledding or making snow angels.
In the Southern Hemisphere, however, Christmas Day is one of the first days of SUMMER and in many places celebrated with a day at the beach! Just think of what New Year’s Eve is like in Cape Town, Melbourne or Wellington… hot, sultry, outdoor picnics and fireworks.
It’s difficult for us “northerners” to wrap our heads around an opposite season containing the holidays we are used to celebrating in the ice and cold. Just as I’m sure it’s hard for an Aussie or Kiwi to understand how we could nearly freeze to death at a time when they’re scantily dressed and sipping something iced and enjoying the wafting of a soft summer breeze.
Can you imagine Santa dressed in a bathing suit decorated with reindeer and a bright red triangular cap atop his head handing out gifts to good boys and girls? Neither can I! LOL
But that’s how it is in countries south of the Equator… But remember this! Easter is celebrated in the middle of Fall down under!!! The poor Easter Bunny needs all the fur he can muster to keep himself warm as he deposits his stash of eggs in the grass and fallen leaves for the children to find.
Oh, yes, here’s another image for use to digest… trick or treaters unable to dress up in some of the heavier costumes we are used to because it’s the middle of Spring… I wonder how many cardboard box robots there are in that sort of heat?
These awesome differences are due to the fact that the earth is tilted on its axis and different hemispheres lean toward the Sun for half the year and away from it for the other half. That tilt, in scientific terms: Earth's axial tilt (obliquity) is currently about 23.4°. It creates the seasons that oppose each other depending on the hemisphere.
Because of our ability to travel great distances via planes, trains and ships, many have been able to observe this seeming anomaly first hand. I have a friend who lives in New Zealand whose grandmother comes to visit for half of the year. Granny lives in Canada and enjoys the warmth and easy living of Spring and Summer in the Southern Hemisphere while her Canadian town is under several feet of snow. What a visual!
Several winter storms have made their way across North America and Europe, we rush around swathed in coats, scarves and gloves and my friends in Australia and New Zealand cannot fathom my saying I dread the coming of December because it means shorter days and dropping temperatures. With the Earth’s axial tilt and their hemisphere facing toward the sun, they are blessed with growing warmth, lengthening days and Christmas at the beach!
So, hunker down you Northern Hemisphere folk… stock up on ice melt and thermal under garments and put a grin on your face. We’ll make it through the Winter Solstice and only have one hundred twenty two days (including the leap year) until the Vernal (Spring) Equinox and the promise of warmth. You in the Southern Hemisphere think kindly of us, enjoy the beach, those long hours of daylight, the fresh produce and halcyon days because in those same one hundred twenty two days, YOU’LL GET YOURS!
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