I love the idea of a winter wonderland; snowy weather, mild temperatures, and glittery trees. Days where you can go skating outside for the afternoon, come in to grab a warm coffee and then wrap yourself in a fuzzy blanket. This idealised season is probably my favourite of them all, however, it's on the rarer side here.
Bitter and frigid are excellent ways of describing the type of weather we typically get here during the winter months. To make things even "better", we also get piercingly cold north winds. There's nothing that expresses misery quite like waiting for the bus at 7am, it's pitch black out, you're dressed like a member of an Antarctic exploration team, the wind is whipping at any exposed skin, your body heat is becoming an endangered species, and all of this is tiring you out. You can also apply this to rush hour; it's freezing, it's dark, and your bus won't freaking show up. Oh yeah, and you slip trying to catch the bus when it finally arrives.
Our roads and sidewalks also get really icy. Once or twice a winter, the cold breaks and we get milder weather, which sometimes melts the snow. Of course, this doesn't last, and all that water turns into thick, slippery ice. Last and least pleasant of all are the blizzards. Horribly cold weather? Check. Bitterly cold winds? Check. Stinging snow? Check. Poor visibility? Check. The reason why this sucks so bad is because nothing ever closes in response to it; you still need to get to work or school.
In all though, those warm spurts have been increasing in frequency the past few years. Makes me wonder what winter will be in the future...
Aaaaand, I've ranted enough about the fate that's about to befall me, haha