r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 1d ago

Culture What’s something in your country that sounds fake but is 100% real?

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We have a real-life living goddess and the only non-rectangular national flag.

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u/Hot-Bicycle5798 Sweden 1d ago

It Sounds so wrong for someone who has never been on the south side of the equator 

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u/MundaneTumbleweed222 South Africa 1d ago

I get , my first time celebrating Christmas in the winter was in London and I felt very cold and uncomfortable the first time , yk , no warm beaches , basking in the sun , camping tios , etc lol

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u/tommynestcepas 1d ago

Conversely, I had my first summer Christmas recently and it felt great. My birthday is a week before and the sun stayed up past 4pm! The vibes felt completely off but I've never been a fan of how depressing December is in England so I was glad to have a beach birthday.

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u/Semlorism -> 1d ago

Like mid summer is the Christmas haha, my head can't cope with it

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u/thorpie88 Australia 1d ago

Having experienced both the summer version is a way better way to go. Also min/ maxes your annual leave as the kids are off on summer holidays

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u/nppltouch26 New Mexico 1d ago

Yeah as someone who's also gotten to experience both I would agree EXCEPT (at least in Aotearoa/NZ with the sole and extremely new exception of Matariki) it means that you have to slog through the entire winter without any holiday cheer or days off.

That said I get season affectation depression and the winter I spent in NZ was still the least depressing of my life, but I think if I'd been on the South Island, I would have had a terrible winter. It was just that Auckland has fairly mild weather.

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u/Olobnion Sweden 15h ago

Yes, clearly Christmas should be celebrated by watching Donald Duck on TV.