It’s about the way you costume but in addition the way you assume.
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In January 2021, a time when many people have been coming back from halfhearted out of doors hangouts with freezing fingers, my colleague Marina Koren revealed herself as a lover of winter. Nicely, inside motive: “I don’t ski. I imagine a ‘polar plunge’ is acceptable solely whenever you’re making an attempt to outrun a bear. I used to be born in Russia, however I moved to hotter climes as a toddler,” Koren writes. “I’m only a kindly winter evangelist, standing in entrance of your out of doors restaurant desk, asking you to placed on a hat.”
One of many secrets and techniques to embracing winter is deceptively easy, Koren argues: Costume the half. “Because the Scandinavians say, there’s no such factor as dangerous climate, solely dangerous garments,” she writes. Past the correct costume code, a lot of 1’s outlook on winter is psychological—however a few of it may additionally be genetic. As we speak’s publication will stroll you thru the artwork and the science of loving winter, and a few unorthodox strategies for coping with the season.
On Winter
By Taylor Kay Phillips
First settle for it, then get pleasure from it.
Why So Many Individuals Hate Winter
By Olga Khazan
Science means that there are two varieties of people that tolerate the chilly properly. Sadly, I’m neither.
The Boys Who Put on Shorts All Winter
By Ashley Fetters
The child who refuses to put on pants is a well-recognized sight to folks, college students, and educators—and a mystifying one. What’s so nice about being underdressed?
Nonetheless Curious?
Different Diversions
P.S.
A number of years again, Deborah Copaken chronicled the time she spent $925 on a faux Canada Goose coat. Keep vigilant whenever you’re stocking up on heat gear.
— Isabel
