Re: CHAT: Our opinions of what can be called 'winter' (was: OT: Merry Christmas!)

> But I notice that Americans at least
> seem to think of seasons as elements of time as well as weather;
Not necessarily.  I grew up thinking of seasons *only* as elements of
time, since southeast Texas really only has two primary kinds of weather
(hot and wet, cool and dry) with brief transitional periods.

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