Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezinde zokubanda nobumnyama, kubonakala kunengqondo ukuthi abaseSweden beza ehlobo belungele ukukhiphela indlu ngefasitela. Okuningi noma ngaphansi, yilokho okwenzeka ngoJuni 24 lapho kugujwa khona midsommar. Ngalolo suku, abaseSweden bayo yonke iminyaka bakhipha ukunambitheka kwabo bangaphandle futhi bahlele amapikiniki ehlathini - kunezinkulungwane kulo lonke idolobha - noma izikebhe ziya olwandle. Kule mikhosi kunezinto ezintathu ezingeke zalahleka: izimbali, izinwele ezimhlophe zihlotshiswe ngemiqhele emincane; herring kanye namalitha amaningi we-aguavit, i-vodka yaseScandinavia.
Ukushiya ukwesaba kwabokufika, iqiniso ukuthi ngomunye wemikhosi ebaluleke kakhulu kule ngxenye yomhlaba, kanye noKhisimusi. Ehlathini, uvame ukubona amaqembu ajabule kakhulu edansa azungeze uhlobo lwesiphambano sokhuni esinezimbali zasendle ngenkathi ecula izingoma ezaziwa yiwo wonke umuntu. Futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke okungokoqobo, ingoma evame kakhulu ibizwa ngokuthi "Ihlobo Lifushane." Njengoba kulindelekile ngemuva kokubekezelela ubusika obufinyelela kuma-degree angama-20 ngaphansi kuka-zero, wonke umuntu ujabule kakhulu ukugubha i-solstice yasehlobo.
Ngisho nezaziso zezivakashi eziphazamiseke kakhulu ukuthi iMidsommar impela isiko eSweden. Indaba ithi konke kwaqala ngenkathi yamaViking. Kwakuwukugujwa kokuzala ngamasiko ahlukahlukene ahlobene nemvelo nethemba lekwindla enhle. Kamuva, wonke lo mkhosi wenziwa ubuKristu futhi kuthiwa kugujwa ngosuku lweSan Juan Bautista. Kakade ngezinyawo ezikhathini zanamuhla, konke kubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi akugcini nje ngokuphathelene nokuphela okusemthethweni kwamakhaza noma okuzala, kepha nokuqala kwesikhathi seholide lezinyanga ezintathu.