To absolutely hate winter?

[millefeuille1]

I don't mind the run up to Christmas as the lights and anticipation make it bearable, but January and February?? No! I have no energy and no mojo to make it better. I try so hard to make resolutions - read lots, go to the gym, declutter, plan new menus etc. but it never happens. All I want to do is hibernate.
I do love seeing snow fall (and then hate all the stress of driving in it), but mostly it is damp, dark, grey and cold.
It can't be right to hate a good chunk of the year? What is good about it?

[80sMum]

It's not all bad. Some things are unique to winter and I would miss them:
Mulled wine.
Roasting chestnuts.
Sparkly frosty mornings.
Freezing moonlit nights, hearing the foxes bark and owls hoot in the woods.
Coming home to a cosy sitting room after a brisk walk.
Lighting the wood burner again.

[LaurieFairyCake]

Beautiful today walking round Hampstead. Having a nice lunch out, walking on the Heath and round the streets in the chilly sunshine. Just gorgeous.

[PiperIsTerrysChoclateOrange]

Sums it up for me

[bimandbam]

I don't like winter either. We have ponies so do a lot outside and winter is a long bloody slog.

But today I wrapped the toddler up warm and we went for a nice winter walk. The ducks and geese were very glad of the bread, the dog only jumped in the lake once and the toddler walked a long way jumping in lots of puddles enjoying looking at the berries on the way. His new snowsuit is actually waterproof too.

In the summer it's a nice walk but full of people and dogs and bikers and other families which is nice but makes it a bit touristy.

And it's so lovely coming in from the cold to a warm house.

And winter food is much nicer. Stews and soups and roast dinners and tagines. And it's much easier to stay warm with clothes than what it is to cool down.

Once Christmas is out of the way I do a good fettle of the house in January and February the nights seem to pull out pretty quickly and we can look forward to spring.

That's all very Polyanna but it's what gets me through.

[millefeuille1]

Does that involve moving/doing stuff museumum? Not sure......

[Bunbaker]

I don't think winter food is much nicer. I'm not a fan of stews really. I prefer lighter meals, and love salad.

We had a fabulous holiday to northern Finland in February. It was only 4 days, but I think if I had to live with that weather for several months, and 24 hour darkness at Christmas, I would just want to cry.

[BathtimeFunkster]

I definitely don't prefer the food.

Give me salads and zingy flavours any day over horrible storage.

And fgs no bloody cinnamon!

[BathtimeFunkster]

Stodge! Not storage.

[Chottie]

OP - YANBU

I'm not very keen on winter either. I keep thinking it's less than a month to the shortest day and then there's Christmas and New Year and once January is over, the days will start lengthening again......

[Bunbaker]

Bathtime were we separated at birth?

[SirChenjin]

YANBU
All the open fires, hot chocolates an hearty soups in t the world can't may up for the fact that winter means constant darkness, travel chaos, slipping on ice, cancelled trains with no means of getting home, high heating bills, illness, scraping ice off cars and any number of crappy things

I fucking hate winter. Loathe it.

[Bunbaker]

Agreed SirChenjin

[Shaffron]

January is my favourite month if the year. It's quiet and peaceful because the rush and bustle of Christmas is over and no one wants to socialise. Nothing much happens. Just a nice, cosy month to enjoy being introverted and time to read books, sleep well.

Oh and it's still nice and cold and dark. I hate the heat and brightness of summer.

I'm very odd!

[MabelFurball]

Yes January is good. All the promise of a new year. The earth needs to rest so without Winter we would just be a hot dry country, not the vibrant green country we are.

[fromheretomaternity]

Sorry to add to the general gloom but I hate it too. Dark and cold, what's to like?

The only thing which makes it even slightly bearable is that I bought a wonderful thigh length hooded down-fllled jacket which is like wearing a duvet. So I don't really get cold outdoors any more. Best money I ever spent.

[SushiAndTheBanshees]

I used to hate Jan and Feb when I lived in the UK. Now that I live somewhere with really, really brutal winters, sometimes I'd give my left arm to be back to British winters.

Having said that, I've sort of adjusted to life here by not fighting it - which I think is harder to do back home. Some winters can be quite mild, it rarely snows properly, sometimes it's just grey misery rather than spectacularly crazy winterdom. That just makes it all no fun - it's all just meh, leading into a meh Spring. At least with a drastic winter there's some joy in a proper spring.

[millefeuille1]

I will try to embrace January but not too hopeful!

[PlummyBrummy]

I would love to hibernate from 31st Dec til 1st March. Late winter is slushy grey/brown awfulness - and I've got an outdoorsy toddler who can't be indoors whatever the weather...

[Tomatoesareyum]

I hate every single second of winter. I hate the cold, I hate the wet, I hate wearing lots of clothes but more than anything I hate it getting dark at 3pm

[Timeforanamechangey]

Everything in winter is cold and dead! Only good thing about it is that it eventually ends :D

Summer is full of warmth and life, so much better.

[thefourgp]

Taking the kids to nursery/school is a friggin nightmare in winter. Ice and rain, giant muddy puddles, we have to walk down a path across a big open field to get there and the cold strong wind and rain makes me miserable. We live by the sea so snow hardly ever lies. Plus my balance is rubbish and the mere mention of ice has me falling on my ass all the time. I prefer summer too.

[Shaffron]

Love New Year's Eve with the promise of my favourite month ahead!

[Topseyt]

No, I am not a fan of winter. It may have some compensations, an open log fire in a pub being one of them, but for me they do not outweigh the sheer grind of it.

Once the clocks go back at the end of October I really just want to hibernate until around the middle of February, when I can see the daylight hours beginning to stretch out more noticeably.

Short days and long nights are not my thing really. I feel a bit better once I know winter solstice is behind us and I know it will improve from there. 21st or 22nd December, isn't it? Never can remember which.

[Sirzy]

I hate winter - other than Christmas - winter for me now means endless sleepless nights, trips to peads a and e and general worry about Ds. As soon as the cold weather hits he starts to struggle and that's it for winter!

[GirlsTimesThree]

I don't mind the bright, frosty days and I love Christmas because it's a time when our extended family is all together, but I HATE the endless 'tupperware skies', the damp, the dark, the wind and the rain. I detest getting up for work in the cold and dark and coming home in the same.
My limbs feel like lead and I have no energy for anything. Every year I swear I won't let it get me down, but every year it does. I have a lightbox which helps a bit and I take vitamin D, but I'd still prefer to live in perpetual summer with a short six week visit to experience a frosty, sunny winter. That'd be plenty enough for me.