I love the winter.  I love the things that only the winter can make special.  My top ten things are:

• 10) Mall Santas – Sure, they’re not the real thing, but that red suit makes anyone look jolly 🙂
• 9) The Sound of Snow – That’s right, the sound!  The crunch under your boot makes me smile.
• 8 ) Christmas Episodes – Not the specials per say – but the holiday episodes in the shows that I watch – just love ’em!
• 7) Movies – Again, not the holiday movies but the wonderful movies that will be nominated for Oscars come out in this season
• 6) Snow Days – I don’t get to work on that day – but it’s still like getting a day off like when I was back in school and school was cancelled! 8)
• 5) Hot Chocolate – For some reason it tastes different at this time of the year, somehow better 😀
• 4) Fires in a Fire Place – Nothing can replace a campfire smell – but this is a distant second…
• 3) Stores Open Later – I love when the majority of stores out there are opened nice and late.  What can I say?  I’m an night owl
• 2) Winter Hats – I might be a little biased – but my bald little head loves them 😛
• 1) Christmas Trees – Yes, I am one of those people who picks mine up the day after Thanksgiving and it’s gone December 26th.  The smell can’t be beat.  Boo to those fake trees.  They should be outlawed!