Do you like winter?

Stormy · Nov 24, 2014 5:22 PM

I live in a place where winter regularly gets below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, and I complain about it constantly. tongue But other people around here (who I call crazy people) love it and can't wait for it to snow every year so they can snowboard, ski, snowmobile, or go ice fishing.

My pro/con list for winter would look something like this:

Pros:
Christmas
Pretty snow (for the first few weeks)
More peppermint flavored stuff available

Cons:
Ugly, hard snow (once it's melted and refrozen a few times and gotten dirty)
So cold it hurts my face
Horrible driving conditions
Salt getting all over everything
Stress relating to buying Christmas presents
Literally everything else

How about you guys? What are your winters like? Do you enjoy them?

PlatinumGem · Nov 24, 2014 5:40 PM

Me and winter have sort of a love/hate relationship. I love christmas, even though i don't get anything anymore. But i still have the Christmas spirit. And having an excuse to make hot chocolate, cause you get weird looks drinking it in the summer. I also love the snow. I used to always dig tunnels when i was a kid, but i haven't been able to play in the snow for a long time seeing how we haven't got a real deep snowfall for several years. I'm thinking about taking up snowboarding though, it kills me to not be able to skate with all the cold weather and frozen spots. I ate s*** recently trying to tre flip a 7 stair, cause i forgot to take into account the exceedingly slippery rollaway.

On the other hand, living out in the country (at the top of a super steep hill), driving is an absolute nightmare. Tire chains are too expensive to buy, so it's incredibly nerve wracking trying to drive down a 30% incline covered in black ice. And the cold weather is pretty annoying too, seeing as how our heat system is broken. But i have a space heater, so i can't complain.

Overall, it's probably my 2nd favorite season

36IStillLikeSpyro36 · Nov 24, 2014 6:22 PM

winter's weird for me. i want it to be cold when it's warmer, but when it actually gets cold for the year, i get sick of it really quickly.

i like snow, but then it becomes a hazard (especially since where i live is full of hills/mountains...) and i can't often walk all that many places. my whole town is a bit like the situation PlatinumGem described above.

i don't mind it getting darker earlier in theory, but then it makes me tired earlier and just sort of throws me off.

it's just weird.

NeoReaper · Nov 24, 2014 6:56 PM

I like winter more than summer.

Mr. John · Nov 24, 2014 8:35 PM

I like it. Spending Christmas with family drinking hot chocolate. And enjoy the snow is fun. On the downside it's cold, freezing, and can be slippery.When the ice emerges.

LocoGuy107 · Nov 24, 2014 9:51 PM

I'll hate it when I got into GameStop and/or the toys section in Target. Other than that, I get one week to sleep and do whatever the frick I want to do.

CuttingEdge · Nov 25, 2014 1:27 PM

Hmm... I like winter especially for Christmas and enjoying the views in the local forest (where the actual border between Poland and Russia is marked off by a river). I also enjoy snowball fights, building snowmans etc. etc.
But what I like the most, is that happiness which comes from sitting with whole your family in one place, joke together, and just feel the christmas spirit. Because that's what christmas is all about, right?

But on the other hand, I hate it when rush caused by setting up everything for christmas is causing loss of nerves, bad atmosphere etc. It's also pretty easy to get ill. My parents have trouble driving on an iced road, but I personally have a different problem ("I twirl through the driveway with angelic grace, 'til I slip on the sidewalk, and fall on my face!") tongue

So yeah, winter can be pretty cool, but it can also be pretty lame. Though I enjoy winter very much. Maybe because i'm an optimist, idk ^.^

Steinar · Nov 25, 2014 4:36 PM

I love winter. It was so hot this summer that i can take all the cold it has to blast on me. Bring it on i say, winter is awesome!

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Clock-la · Nov 25, 2014 7:38 PM

B-b-but...pepper mint is dreadful.

Paranoia · Nov 26, 2014 12:22 AM

Clock-la wrote:

B-b-but...pepper mint is dreadful.

...blasphemy

Yeah, not a big fan of winter. I live in a place with a ton of hills too, so driving is a pain. No ABS in my car either which is always fun. Not to mention it consistently gets down to -40 F with wind chill here. Christmas time is always nice though, but that's just because I can spend some time with my family.

CuttingEdge wrote:

Hmm... I like winter especially for Christmas and enjoying the views in the local forest (where the actual border between Poland and Russia is marked off by a river)

That sounds really beautiful. I wish I lived in a place like that rather than a populous city :[

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Flapjacks · Nov 26, 2014 12:27 AM

CuttingEdge wrote:

I also enjoy snowball fights, building snowmans etc. etc.

There was snow here once. It was an extremely small amount you may have possibly seen on a leaf before 6:00 am. And it was great.

Paranoia · Nov 26, 2014 12:29 AM

Bro, don't rub it in. :[

Swaffy · Nov 26, 2014 4:34 AM

I don't like the cold ... unless it's snowing. If it's not snowing it might as well be warm outside. Anywhere between I can't bear at all.

36IStillLikeSpyro36 · Nov 26, 2014 5:08 AM

i agree, i like the cold better when it's snowing too.

i just don't like walking in it.

oh yeah, Christmas is a nice part of winter too, of course

PlatinumGem · Nov 26, 2014 2:40 PM

It's snowing for me now, so i'm a little happier

Paranoia · Nov 26, 2014 5:00 PM

Since we're posting pictures of snow:
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Staying with my parents for Thanksgiving week, and this was the front yard this morning. I'm okay with this kind of fluffy snow. At least it's not freezing rain like it was at my place on Monday.

RangerOfIthilien · Nov 26, 2014 10:08 PM

Fluffy snow is so much better than hard, frozen snow. sad

Sheep · Nov 26, 2014 11:43 PM

I like winter and snow, and am waiting impatiently for the snow to fall so I can go sking neutral
There's spruce forest just 100 meters from my doorstep, and I just love the "magical" look of the trees with lots of snow on them.

RangerOfIthilien · Nov 27, 2014 1:32 AM

It's weird. I liked winter a lot more when I was little. I only ever noticed how fun it was to play in the snow, never the cold. Now that I'm an adult, while I still do love the snow, I can't stand the cold or the driving conditions.

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