So what do you love about wintertime?

[kidsmoke]

I was thinking about this last night...I don't know if Winter is my favorite season, but I love it for so many reasons...the crisp, chilly nights where the stars practically pop out of the heavens, the trees gone bare and looking like fantastic sculptures, eggnog and cinnamon-scented pinecones for the fireplace (which we don't have) on sale at the market, UPS trucks rampaging through the streets importantly, spitting out gifts for somebody or other, rainy nights that make the streets shimmer with reflected lights...

 

What do you love about it being wintertime? Share!

[gogo]

I'm a big fan of cold, crisp weather (easy for me to say, here where if it gets down to 40, we all go nuts!), and early-dark evenings.

 

Also, any kind of twinkling lights, candles, sparklies, etc., make me happy, so this is a great time of year for all that jazz.

[Wendy]

I love it when the tap water comes out really cold!

[Winston Legthigh]

I love getting into a cold bed.

I love taking a winter walk, being bundled up, but having a frozen face.

I love winter saunas.

[Griddles]

skiing. Easily my favorite thing to do. I would do it in the summer if there was snow.

And wassail of course.

[Lammycat]

Fires in the fireplace

Dark wines

The silence that a good snowfall brings. It's almost eerie but it's not.

Snow on the ground but sun in the sky=shorts and a sweater in CO , often.

The Hot Stove reports/news/signings.

Looking forward to spring.

[cryptique]

Sorry, can't think of anything.

[austrya]

Sorry, can't think of anything.

 

This.

 

Also, :fw

[uncool2pillow]

Back when I had more time and money, skiing. The excitement my kids have for snow. Pretty much everything lammy said.

[IATTBYB]

With only one exception, I'm with cryptique and austrya on this one.

 

That one exception: Ice Boating

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYbLGYvqP8E

[smells like flowers]

Seeing a car with a christmas tree tied to the top

Something tasty in the oven that makes the whole house smell good (roast chicken, chocolate chip cookies)

Tangerines

[Bula Matari]

I used to like winter time...cold weather and the like.

 

But I find that the low position of the sun on the horizon and the short days have an adverse impact on my moods and emotions.

[kidsmoke]

Sorry, can't think of anything.

 

 

This.

 

Also, :fw

 

Oh think harder you grinchesque types!

[Wendy]

I like seeing animal footprints in the snow, and trying to figure out who/what was in my yard!?!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Moss]

Girls in soft fuzzy sweaters so magical to touch

A warm grand Marnier on a freezing cold night

Fireplaces

A cat on my lap and a good book when it's freezing out and I don't have to go anywhere.

The thought of summer

[GtrPlyr]

The way the trees, houses and everything else in the neighborhood looks with a fresh blanket of snow covering them.

The crisp clean feeling of the air.

The way our one cat gingerly steps into the snow in the backyard.

Watching classic movies while warmly ensconced on the sofa.

Having a glass of scotch to warm the cockles of the heart.

[radiatortunes]

The sun shining off the snow on the mountains

Mittens

NCAA baseketball

Dogs wearing jackets

[M. (hristine]

Gear.

[RaspberryJam]

skiing

When there is snow on the ground and a full moon, it makes tree shadows on my lawn

skiing

fondue

skiing

hats that friends have knitted for me

skiing

big meaty zinfandels

skiing

[remphish1]

Using the firplace and hot chocolate!

[Lammycat]

I like seeing animal footprints in the snow, and trying to figure out who/what was in my yard!?!

Me too! Usually ends up being Ed Asner prints....

[Good Old Neon]

I enjoy pretty much everything with the exception of shoveling, tailgaters, that salt residue that forms an almost perfect curtain whenever you run out of windshield washer fluid, at night, so that you have to sort of tailgate the person in front of you to get just enough tire spray to clear the windshield, making YOU the tailgater, and people who keep their house at a “comfortable” 79 degrees when you've arrived wearing long johns and a heavy cable-knit sweater.

[embiggen]

I love the snow and our annual trip to the Catskill mountains. other than that, I hate winter.

[PopTodd]

I love when it ends.

[Winston Legthigh]

I enjoy pretty much everything with the exception of shoveling, tailgaters, that salt residue that forms an almost perfect curtain whenever you run out of windshield washer fluid, at night, so that you have to sort of tailgate the person in front of you to get just enough tire spray to clear the windshield, making YOU the tailgater, and people who keep their house at a “comfortable” 79 degrees when you've arrived wearing long johns and a heavy cable-knit sweater.

79!!! Wholly Shite!

 

We keep our house at 60.

 

And, I forgot to add to my list: I LOVE shoveling. LOVE IT. Takes me an hour to shovel my driveway. Had to do it this morning. So quiet. Only other sound was the distant scrape of someone else shoveling their drive. I take pride in my clean driveway.