If you know me, like, at all, you’ll know that I love the cold. Funnily enough, most of my traditions—Egyptian and Aztec—are not known for cold climates, but colder region traditions, like Celtic, don’t really appeal to me. There is something oddly calming about an icy cold evening. I find it possibly one of the most romantic images: an icy cold evening, watching a favourite movie with loved ones. Or, being on the computer while it’s icy cold, but you’re all snugly warm under a blanket.



Canadian winters are divided into two parts: End-Of-Year Winter and New-Year Winter.

End of Year Winter is when everyone is talking about the upcoming holiday season (more on that later). This part of winter starts as early as mid-October, but usually goes into full swing the day after Halloween. This shows off the romantic side of winter, with the snowmen and twinkly Christmas lights.

New Year Winter starts right after Christmas, usually on the 28th of December. This is the time where winter is in full-swing, and everyone (except for people like my friend Kristine) are like “Ugh! Winter, go away!”

Of course, End-Of-Year Winter is much shorter.



I think this is hypocritical. Winter is winter, and just because Christmas, Yule, Kwanza, Hanukah and a whole host of other holidays are in December, doesn’t mean we should hate on the rest of winter. I say, if you don’t like winter, you shouldn’t like pre-Christmas winter.



Now, I like winter. I like the cold, I think that snow is quite romantic (unless it’s that gross, muddy snow), and I love watching snow storms with those big giant flakes of snow. I don’t like ice, it scares me because I’m petrified of falling.



Anyway, with winter fast approaching, what do you all think about winter?