Winter. WINTERRRRR

The pagans knew what was up. I already feel delusional emotions and inexplicable melancholy weighing heavier and heavier. On my soul.

If Christmas, mass shopping hysteria, illuminated things, sledding, tubing, snow suits and drink-centric new year’s celebrations didn’t exist, winter would see more half-hearted suicide attempts, I’m sure!

I was at a thrift store the other day and I saw an entire collection of snow suits. Snow Suits!! …It just dawned on me that while I have been writing this article in, well, prose. It seems more appropriate to make a list of best things about Winter. And there are only a few…

1. Snow Suits are the best thing ever. Really. You can throw yourself every which way and frolic in any winter wonderland of your choosing and you don’t have to worry about snow getting lodged in your bellybutton, down your pants, up your ankles, down your neck and a whole host of equally uncomfortable places. Like I said, an entire collection. In many different colors! Maybe I will buy seven, one in each color of the rainbow, and use a sharpie to write in days of the week on the back. One for each day.

2. Various winter activities that call for snow suits as appropriate attire. Snow is pretty and fun. Granted, these sentiments only last until the second snow fall of the season… but there is that one night where it’s been snowing for hours… its glistening in night… its soft, yet, easily packing… you fight the tingling sensation in your hands to grab it, form a snowball and throw it at someone. Anyone. But after about four hours of that, you realize that the world hasn’t stopped. That you have to still go to work, walk around, meet people, live your life… except that now, you have to do it with one big inconvenience; dirty, salty, slushy snow.

3. Winter flavored food.

4. Involuntary movie nights. Fine, not completely involuntary. But really, if everyone is locking themselves in the house and you have no one to hang out with. Inviting people for “movie nights” isn’t much of a choice, is it?

5. Getting fatter. Oh wait…

Look at this nice picture I took in Harvard Square. Those are lanterns. They’re actually up year-round but I they look especially magical in the winter.