Vermont is a unique and quirky state, but sometimes even the best of us gets thrown for a loop. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, one of these bizarre things happens.

1. You’ve experienced a green Christmas.
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Bah Humbug! It doesn’t feel like the holidays without a blanket of snow.
2. Instead of stopping at a train crossing, you’ve stopped for cows.
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They moooooove at their own pace.
3. You've entered a house without a “no shoe” policy.
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Between the mud and snow, we are inclined to take our shoes off inside all homes, no matter what time of year it is.
4. You were offered Aunt Jemima syrup.
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Ewwww! Are we supposed to eat that?!
5. You’ve washed your car between November and May.
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Seriously, what’s the point?
6. You've been caught in a spontaneous snow storm without a snow brush and/or ice scraper.
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Somehow your ice scraper isn’t in your car so you had to use whatever you had on hand - usually a credit card.
7. You've been accused of having an accent by an out-of-stater.
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For example, mountain vs. moun’in.
8. You had a school snow day.
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Vermonters are tough, and we can make it to school despite a foot of newly fallen snow.

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9. You’ve had an easily drivable mud season.
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It’s often harder to drive through the mud than the snow.
10. You’re at a social gathering and more people are drinking Budweiser than VT craft beer.
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We love our great Vermont beer.
11. Someone from Vermont orders a soft serve ice cream.
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What’s that? Oh! You mean a creemee!
12. You meet a family who gets by on one job.
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Living in Vermont is great, but it’s also expensive so second jobs are often necessary.
13. You go somewhere and meet another Vermonter you DON’T know through 6 degrees of separation.
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Vermont is a small state and we are all connected in some way.
14. You've left the house in shorts and went back bundled up with a coat and scarf you bought at the nearest store.
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Maybe one day we’ll learn to keep an extra set of clothes in our cars.
15. You switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
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I'm guilty of this. All day, every day.
16. You’re disappointed to come back from vacation.
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There’s really no place like home. What do you think is better, the first day of vacation or the first day you get home?

What other bizarre things happen in Vermont? For more, check out these 21 reasons why people from Vermont are the best kind of people you’ll ever meet.

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