In article ,
Lawrence Jenkins writes:
Hello all.
I would just like to pose the question on this NG as to why it is perceived
by some as infantile to want snowy cold weather?

Aren't people only saying that it's infantile to kick up a fuss if you
don't get it?

Cold snowy winters are the stuff of dreams, childhood memories, magical
times and generally a feeling of snuggling up nice as warm as the snow piles
up outside.

I think it's perfectly reasonable with the shrill mantra of Global Warming
ringing in our ears to long for some weather that somehow throws some doubts
on the doomsday GW scenario. It's a bit like the underdog (cold snow) giving
the favourite (Global Warming) a bloody nose now and again

Why, cold bitter winters are even romanticised in novels, songs, films and
all areas of popular culture.

Never more memorably than by RD Blackmore in "Lorna Doone", who had the
winter of 1683-4 on Exmoor to write about: "All the earth was flat with
snow, all the air was thick with snow; more than this no man could see,
for all the world was snowing."

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Finally I would say merry Christmas to one and all but what would be the
point? My thoughts and wishes will not have one iota of influence on any of
your lives. Okay I'm contradicting myself.

Oh alright then, Merry Christmas to one and all.


Merry Christmas, Lawrence; Merry Christmas everyone.
--
John Hall

"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)