I love Winter !

Winter's here. I love the season, although many of those I know don't. If I had the control of the seasons, I'd reserve 8 months for winter, 3 months for monsoon, and just one for summer. But alas ! its just a wish and I don't have any control over it. Someone called the weather god had been controlling it for quite sometime, but now he's handed over the charge to "Global Warming".

Jokes apart, I've tried to jot down the top 11 reasons why I love this season (Actually I made a list of 10 reasons, but I couldn't afford to miss the 11th one by any chance) :

1. Being a Marwari, food has to be one of the main reason to have a love or hate relationship with someone. This rule is applicable in some cases of "something" too. I love the food that's available only in this season, especially Haldi ki sabzi, and that too in a cold winter night !! (Ahhhh.... muh mein paani aa raha hai??? lolz) To those who have tasted it, miss it.... And to those who havent, you're already very late, and you've missed a lot !!
2. The protective gear - sweaters, pullovers, jackets, etc. They help me look a li'l healthier than I actually am. Another advantage of the jackets and pullovers is that you don't need a change of clothes that often. I mean I can attend a less important wedding reception or a party with just a change of a pullover. ;)
3. The early morning sun and the fog !
4. Urad ki dal ke laddus.
5. Early sunsets, comparatively late sunrises. In short, SHORTER days and longer nights :)
6. Garma garam cups of chai (tea) and coffee.
7. Catching a friend in a monkey cap. He/she is gonna be the butt of jokes for the rest of the day or at least until we catch another bakra (or should I say monkey?)
8. Although I hate sweets (mithaai suits better), I love Suttar Feeni, a mithaai entirely made up of milk, ghee, and of course sugar. I'm sorry I can't explain how it looks or how it tastes, but its yummmm....  (I've always maintained that being a Marwari has its own advantages...)
9. Sitting by the fire (this doesn't happen much, still I love it whenever it happens)
10. Its party season - Christmas, New Year and the likes.
11. And yes, last but not the least, eating ice cream when its chilling cold. Its like sardi ko thenga dikhana.

So lemme know what do you love about winter... and of course, there are haters for everything that's loved... so tell me what you hate then????