Ray, I started a new thread. I think it's winter.

To answer the OP... no, I do not have the winter blues. I did experience seasonal affective disorder during those hot summers in the south, and that toppled my entire world view.

If the OP was more like "got the holidays blues," them I'm all on board. I still dislike Thanksgiving and Christmas, though for different reasons than 30 years ago, 20 years ago, 10 years ago, and 5 years ago.

Maybe next year I'll learn to enjoy the holidays, but I wouldn't bet on it.

It's also almost Christmas:



And for the Winter Blues type:

I have the winter blues and the holiday blues. My children, grandchildren, friends, brothers, sisters-in-law, and others ease the blues, but I still miss my wife, particularly this time of year. I miss having someone to talk to, to plan with, to relax with after days and nights spent with friends and family.

Truly, I do know I'm extraordinarily lucky and blessed in many ways. But there will always be a hole there.

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I wanted to get in here directly after the OP and say frost but I was too late.

thanks john but you were a few hours late as usual.

no blues for me as its all white. we got a foot of new snow and i spent 3 hours plowing everything around out. probably wasnt your fault although it could have been.

went in the woods in the back and cut a 12 foot fir tree. i cut only ones that are growing into the roadway or in between another so one gets to see sunshine and live to a ripe old age. i dont select by looks. coyote ran by when i was out there. we have a family pack that lives on the place.

I tried, Ray, I really did. But I got home late tonight. Had to stop at hospital to see my daughter who has been tending to her father the past few months (I'm her step-father but after 31 years, she's my daughter). He's suffered strokes and was hospitalized today for pulmonary embolisms. So treatment after inserting mesh today is wait and see.

A nurse told me I looked quite dapper. My daughter just gives me a look. Nurse says that she doesn't look as good as I do when she gets dressed up. My daughter just gives me another look and shakes her head.

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The way you write this almost makes me wish I had an SO at this time of the year, but looking back, it never really made a difference to me.

Nothing is more awkward than seeing her family at this time of the year. I'm never sure how many years I would have to meet them before I can let them know more than "they are back in Ohio."

Did you call them?

What did you get your mother?

Do you have any brothers or sisters?

Did they celebrate with turkey or ham?

All innocent questions, and it's hard for me to not think of it as an attack even though I know it's not. How do you say "don't ever ask about my family again" without sounding like something is terribly wrong with you and your ability to sustain a meaningful relationship? What kind of grandchildren is their daughter trying to bring into this world?

Yes, of course... I have more sisters than anyone I know, and I could have legally married them all. They are all likely dead, if one must believe statistics. Thank you for asking; you're daughter is in good hands -- I survived.

I suspect the reason is it so cold in LA is because you all are tossing snow back into the air.

Please stop.

(I'm drinking now, but I seriously have not seen it this cold in LA for all the years I've been here)

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i was in the big quake (sylmar quake) in 1971. so it is better to be cold then shaking. we havent hit below zero yet but working on it. i still havent gone out with a jacket yet, but am wearing a long sleeved shirt because of it.

You not wearing a jacket just means you aren't wearing a jacket underneath your parka yet, right? I just looked up Montana weather...

Winter Winter, chicken dinner!

I love winter; it's my favorite season. No blues here.

Oh good morning.

Not good enough. I expect better from you, kioshk.

+1

Who are you, Bob? And do you live in Australia?

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I’m just a regular dude from New England.

Me too. And I hate winter.

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Haha. I think snow is basically the best thing ever. Skiing and hanging by the fireplace with loved ones is the gravy imo.

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dave we finally got to minus 2 this morning but its nice and sunny. so i will wear a jacket if i go outside for more than say ten minutes. but no parka. thats for when it gets really cold.

That’s the best nativity scene I’ve ever seen