It’s not every day that you see a trend spread through social media like wildfire for something rather unique–such as Australian seasons.

But that’s exactly what’s been happening lately, thanks to an American woman and her peculiar questions about local weather patterns.

The befuddlement began when a social media user named Jenna Lu posted a video expressing her confusion about the difference between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere’s seasonal cycles.

She admitted she had recently discovered that August is winter Down Under and couldn’t make sense of the implications for the names of months, holidays, and even fruits in Australia.

Jenna Lu was genuinely confused with the difference between the seasons in America and Australia. Image source: TikTok/@itsjennalu.

'I need somebody from Australia to explain this to me because I genuinely don’t understand how this works,' Ms Lu said, believing that many fellow Americans shared her ‘bewilderment’.

'For me, I think of June-July-August as summer months, so I'm just confused because do you, first of all, still call it August and, second of all, is August–if you do call it that–a winter month for you?' she asked.

Her video has left many Aussie viewers wondering what’s so difficult about understanding the difference between the two hemispheres. Of course, they also generously offered amusing reactions, along with educational tips and some good-natured ribbing over her lack of geographical awareness.

One of Jenna's unbelievable remarks was about Australian Christmas celebrations. 'When you guys have Christmas, does all your marketing stuff have Santa Claus dressed in a swimsuit? Because for us Santa Claus is wearing winter clothes because it's winter here,' she asked.

In addition, she questioned if typical Christmas dishes like hot chocolate and traditional wintertime foods still appear on festive dinner tables over in Oz. Fortunately, viewers happily enlightened her as to the difference in Australia's typical festive menu.

'Our traditional Christmas food is very summery. Lots of seafood, prawns, pavlova, beers, BBQs,' one replied.

You can watch Jenna ask her questions about the Down Under in the video below:

The comments section was also filled with viewers who joked Aussies lived in the future, referencing that Australia is ahead of the US in terms of time zones. One Australian summed up the country's weather pattern by joking: 'We don’t have seasons it’s just permanent chaos and fires and floods. Hope this helps.'

A Brazilian also chimed in and gave insight on their own weather patterns. Like Australia, Brazil is also in the Southern Hemisphere.

'Brazilian here. Yes, August is a winter month, and Christmas is during summer! So much fun!' they said.

And perhaps to take things up a notch, a Swiss woman shared: 'We don‘t celebrate Thanksgiving or Halloween in Switzerland. And we don‘t have Santa Claus.'

We wonder how Ms Lu took that in.

Key Takeaways

• A woman named Jenna Lu posted a video on TikTok expressing her confusion over the difference in seasonal timing between the US and Australia.
  
• Her questions ranged from whether Australians refer to August as a winter month, how Halloween and Christmas are celebrated in different seasons, and if seasonal fruits have the same relevance.
  
• The comments section saw a combination of people attempting to educate Ms Lu and others finding humour in her lack of geographical knowledge.
  
• Despite her confusion, many viewers took the opportunity to share insight into Australian holiday celebrations, seasonal foods, and even commented on the country's chaotic weather patterns.
  

Have you experienced this bewilderment from a foreigner before? Or do you have any tips or stories to share about the seasons in Australia to foreign friends? Share them in the comments below!

 

[Logical7]

This young woman gives blondes a bad name. Americans don't seem to get the geographical differences. She just seems so confused about everything. But in saying that she is suffering from dumb blond syndrome, I can assure you I have come across many dumb brunettes, redheads and others with differing hair colour. It's got nothing to do with the hair colour of a person, it's hinges on their intelligence levels, which this young woman doesn't seem display all too well. And don't ask Biden about whether or not the American youth have limited knowledge of Australia or even other countries, as people only have to witness what he has been doing, saying, acting and reacting due to his lack of intelligence, that's if this person is really sleepy Joe. With a person like him heading up their country, what hope is there for the people?

 

[Veggiepatch]

This young woman gives blondes a bad name. Americans don't seem to get the geographical differences. She just seems so confused about everything. But in saying that she is suffering from dumb blond syndrome, I can assure you I have come across many dumb brunettes, redheads and others with differing hair colour. It's got nothing to do with the hair colour of a person, it's hinges on their intelligence levels, which this young woman doesn't seem display all too well.

It's just a stereotype which has been propagated for eons, usually in the form of bad jokes, including my own statement in this thread. Intelligence varies across all hair colours so your post is correct.

FFS in another forum, the latest rash of bad jokes concerns bald people! No prejudice against hair colour there!

 

[Rainy]

As dumb as it sounds, this is the truth. Whilst on a bus tour in Washington DC some years ago we were chatting to some American twenty-somethings who asked where we were from. We said Australia and they looked puzzled and said "do you you have to cross the ocean to get there"? They were deadly serious and we were dumfounded, but graciously explained where Australia was, hopefully expanding their education.

I was asked if Aussies live in bark huts.. sad!