Oh the irony of loving winter but disliking the associated holidays. I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Christmas isn’t in winter in southern hemisphere
Christmas is mostly an ordeal to get over with IMO. I’m an adult atheist with social anxiety and no offspring to vicariously enjoy the festivities through, so it’s really not for me 🤷
I feel you as a fellow socially anxious atheist. Thankfully my parents respect my wish not to celebrate, but not everyone is so lucky.
I don’t enjoy the cold weather, icy roads, or shoveling my drive way ever week or so. But it is pretty to look out from my window. I much prefer fall right before it starts to get Uber cold. The air is crisp, the morning is just slightly cold, and the trees are turning all manner of color. That’s the best time in my opinion.
As long as I’m wfh it can snow all it wants
Amazing how little it concerned me when I was WFH. Loved seeing it blow around outside.
Just find some cozy music and brew some coffee.
For people living in colder regions I can certainly understand that winter is not their favourite season. We only have a little snow in winter - if at all - so the nuisance is minimal.
The “Christmas Season” is Fall, not Winter*. The only reason the holiday isn’t literally over when the Winter season starts is that the Christians got their calendar screwed up and hold the holiday on a fixed date instead of on the solstice where it belongs.
(*Or “Spring, not Summer” for upside-down people, I suppose.)
I like Thanksgiving, it’s always great food and one of the only times I end up seeing family these days.
