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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

also i’ve told some US friends about my new years plans: outdoors, festival, parties kinda thing… they’re blown away by how amazing it sounds for this particular period

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah. Sitting by the pool in 25c watching the kids have a swim

I did spend 10 years in northern England from 2000 and a cold possibly white Christmas took ages to get used to

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

actually the closest thing i think we could probably say to americans is: our christmas is like 4th of july… but it’s the whole christmas and new years… we get 4th of july holiday for a whole month or more