Until shockingly recently I thought the definition of summer, winter etc was just when it's hot / cold in England. So I thought December is still winter even in

Until shockingly recently I thought the definition of summer, winter etc was just when it's hot / cold in England. So I thought December is still winter even in Australia, it's just not cold in winter there. In my defense, we measure longitude and timezones relative to London, so it wouldn't be without precedent.