Other than super dry skin, taking 3x the time to leave the house and white knuckle driving every day?

My honest favourite part of winter is 4 fold:

1. Christmas season. There’s an overwhelming positive energy in the air. Family, drinks, friends and good food.
2. Every thing is quiet, fresh and sterile. It looks amazing after a fresh snow.
3. It’s hockey season.
4. No yard work. Fuck leaves (and leafs)

The suicidal agony.

But then there’s the best part of waking up, the Folgers in your cup.

I’m sorry, is this some sort of Northern/Southern Hemisphere joke I’m too close to the equator to understand?

The mosquitoes are dead.

Returning home after work, hands freezing as they touch the cold metal doorknob. Turning on lamps, lighting candles, making a lovingly tender and warm cup of coffee, snuggling up with a pet and a partner on a couch, cozy under the various old blankets you’ve collected over the years, and playing Stardew Valley, Skyrim, or any other comfort game together.

Grab some warm stew or curry, throw on a well-loved hoodie, and enjoy the security and hospitality you give yourself and your family.

Warm pie and cookies for dessert, and a book to sip on and savor.

The best part about winter, is that it’s nice inside. In summer, it can get to a point where it isn’t even nice inside anymore.

But also all the downsides of winter outside can be mitigated and navigated. The downsides of summer outside can’t be.

There are humans that hang out outside at -70C all day. For all you F users, that is -94F. The coldest winter ever gets where I am is -40C(also -40F for F people), it’s usually only about -20C(-4F) on an average cold day in winter.

If you are too cold in winter, you aren’t dressed right. There are options available that you haven’t taken.