Winter forecast

It’s been a long, long winter that only seems to be getting longer. We’ve already gotten the Big Storm of 2010 (in ’09 no less) and ushered in a New Year with more than a chill in the air.
Why is it when we are in the middle of winter is seems to go on forever, despite shorter days, but summer flies by?
It’s not that I mind winter so much, or the cold, it’s the bulky wear I can’t stand. It’s going in and out of overheated places (like the mall) and not knowing what to do with the coat, gloves, hat, scarf, earmuffs, and everything else needed to avoid freezing to death.
Yet winter is beautiful to look at. Nothing tops trees glistening with ice or the serene scene of snow falling.
But does the cold have to come with it?
I hear Disney World creates snow for travels coming down for the holidays, in essence creating the world they fled for warm Florida. People wear shorts and flip-flops while sipping hot chocolate as the snow drifts down over them.
Any way we can get some of that — lovely snow minus the cold, minus cleaning off the car, minus shoveling the pavement and — above all else — minus the giant coat?

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