Hello, Karstuhl here!
It was summer solstice yesterday and the shortest night of the year last night. We celebrate midsummer eve in Sweden tomorrow. I wondered why we do not celebrate midsummer at the summer solstice.
Grandmum Sunni said it is unnecessary to celebrate midsummer at all, they never do it in the USA, where she comes from. Daddy told me they never celebrate it in Japan either, where he and the Shiba Inu breed come from.
Mommy, on the other hand, who was born in Sweden, had something to say on the subject. She told me midsummer is celebrated on the weekend closest to the 24th of June, which is when the Christian Church celebrate John the Baptist. This celebration is exactly half a year prior to (and after) Christmas Eve. The summer solstice is earlier than the 24th, but the winter solstice is also earlier than Christmas Eve, by the same amount of time. Thus, this is all due to human political decisions, one way or the other. Humans are curious, sometimes.
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