YMMV / The Gumdrops

• Aluminum Christmas Trees:
  • The old law Robbie talks about in the first episode is a subversion - where five unrelated women living in a house together legally makes it a whorehouse - that didn't exist but was a popular urban myth for years.
  • The eponymous "Whipping Day" is an actual slavic tradition where women are whipped on Easter Monday in the hopes of remaining beautiful and healthy for the upcoming year.