early winter

I've actually never been to the snow before.

greaserkat wrote: I've actually never been to the snow before.

WOW! I've grown up with snow every winter. Sometimes I wish I lived in a warmer place, but at the same time, it's something special about winter around Christmas time :) That being said, most years all we do is dreaming of a white Christmas. Murphy is having some fun changing the weather just before Christmas many years. It can be snowy all of December, only to melt away the days before Christmas!

I'm in Sevilla. Sunny and 22c by day - gets a bit chilly at night though. last night I had to put on a jumper..

It was actually record breaking weather here in Los Angeles yesterday.  It was 86 degrees (F) just 9 days away from winter.

more snow coming to Scotland on thursday and then the rest of the UK on Friday
maybe i should apply for the Scottish environment job or whatever it was that matey buggered up and got the cars stranded by not warning anyone with the last flurry north of the border?

-35 windchill this morning and some inconvenient snowdrifts here and there.  But it's lovely and sunny now. Snow looks very pretty when it's sunny and cold.  It actually glitters.

This year for the first time in my life I went to the Canaries during December and I must say: I love it. Looking at the horrible weather at home I enjoy the sun and the warmth. I'll be back for Christmas which leaves 3 more winter months - more than enough for my liking :-)

^yes,i saw your comments on Saturns facebook page regarding Tenerife,no,not jealous at all of you sitting on a sundrenched beach whilst i was freezing my nuts off in Joxer Towers ;-p

I think that part of the problem with winter in quasi-temperate places like many places in Europe is that winter is just wintery enough to be annoying and not wintery enough to be fun.  Even in Southern Ontario, Canada (parts of which are at a similar latitude to northern California) it just mostly gets cold and slushy and intermittently unpleasant.  At more northern latitudes the snow and cold arrives and stays and you can build a fun lifestyle around it. Though it can sometimes get too bitter to do anything but stay inside, winter is generally a great season when the infrastructure is there to support it.  It's definitely a point of cultural bonding for many Canadians who are otherwise strangers to each other - it provides a sense of common experience and a shared triumph of sorts over comparatively tough conditions.