Marcelo Magallon@skinnylatte I kind of have to explain this to people every now and then.
Living less than 10° north of the Equator (sometimes the explanation has to start there 😭) is fun.
"Oh, you don't have seasons!"
Yes, we do. It's just not "winter, spring, summer and autumn". It's "dry season, rainy season, dry season, rainy season". The second rainy season is also "hurricane season" but that's changing, thankyouverymuchglobalnorthforfsckinguptheclimate.
"Why do you go to school so early?"
Because the sun rises between 5:15 am and 5:55 am. It sets at 6 pm at the latest. Solar noon (again, explain…) is around 11:30 am. It makes no sense to try to start the day "late".
"Oh, you must have fruits and crops all year long!"
Kind of. Some things don't like a lot of rain. Some things do not like no water. So, yes, we do have seasonal stuff because we do have seasons.
"Christmas?"
What about it?
"Do you have it?"
Sure. Most of the country is catholic, that comes with it…
"…"
Never mind. We do have Christmas, yes.
"But it must be hot!"
Not really. I mean, it's not freezing, there's no snow. But everyone wears sweaters and whatnot. It is cold outside.
And yes, we switch clothing thru the year, not the same way you do, but we do.
And school break is between mid December and mid February because that used to be very hot. Thankyouagain. We even call it "summer" 🤷🏽 Now that's more a March/April thing, which lines up with Easter, so that's nice.
"…"
Never mind, it's a catholic thing, too.
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