Vermonters can be creatures of habit, so naturally there are a few things that we continue to do. Whether it’s an annual events or daily habits, here are a few traditions in VT that you’ll catch us doing more than once.
- We pick our own berries by the quart as soon as they’re ripe.
Flickr/Danny Barron And what we don’t eat, we freeze to use throughout the year.
- A trip to the Tunbridge World’s Fair
Flickr/Michael Maggard Always 10 days after Labor Day, this great fair is on it’s 146th year! Don’t miss it from September 14-17, 2017.
- Snow day rituals
Flickr/Nate Merrill Vermonters are pretty tough, so when we get the rare snow day, we know exactly what we’re going to do.
- Green Up Day
Facebook/Green Up Vermont This is the day when we all pitch in and clean up our beautiful state after a long, harsh winter.
- Pumpkin picking
Flickr/Christine Szeto We will take as much time as we need to find the perfect pumpkin in the whole patch.
- Cutting your own tree from the farm
Flickr/julie corsi Much like the pumpkins, we head to our favorite forest or Christmas tree farm each winter to choose and cut the perfect tree for the holidays.
- We’ll wear shorts if it’s over 50 degrees.
Flickr/Lisa Moffatt No matter the month, cold is just a state of mind.
- When you open your local paper, the police blotter is the first thing you read.
Only In Your State/Kristin Grimes It’s sometimes has more news than the rest of the edition.
- 802 Pride!
Flickr/Jacob Bøtter When someone is giving you their phone number, you write 802 before they start.
- Mud season rules
Flickr/sharon mckellar Vermonters don’t bother washing their cars until the roads have dried and the season is over.
If you can relate to these traditions in VT, have another laugh with these 19 undying habits that prove you can never take the Vermont out of the Vermonter.
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Flickr/Danny Barron
And what we don’t eat, we freeze to use throughout the year.
Flickr/Michael Maggard
Always 10 days after Labor Day, this great fair is on it’s 146th year! Don’t miss it from September 14-17, 2017.
Flickr/Nate Merrill
Vermonters are pretty tough, so when we get the rare snow day, we know exactly what we’re going to do.
Facebook/Green Up Vermont
This is the day when we all pitch in and clean up our beautiful state after a long, harsh winter.
Flickr/Christine Szeto
We will take as much time as we need to find the perfect pumpkin in the whole patch.
Flickr/julie corsi
Much like the pumpkins, we head to our favorite forest or Christmas tree farm each winter to choose and cut the perfect tree for the holidays.
Flickr/Lisa Moffatt
No matter the month, cold is just a state of mind.
Only In Your State/Kristin Grimes
It’s sometimes has more news than the rest of the edition.
Flickr/Jacob Bøtter
When someone is giving you their phone number, you write 802 before they start.
Flickr/sharon mckellar
Vermonters don’t bother washing their cars until the roads have dried and the season is over.
