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“It’s so damn cold out…”
“It’s really not that bad.”
“30 degrees? It could be better.”
“Come on. 30 degrees is pleasant weather for the fall.”
“Right… do you know that it’s currently about 75 in Georgia? I know someone who lives there, and she has a picture of her 3 year old daughter playing with a pumpkin while in a kiddie pool!”
“---"
“A kiddie pool!”
“I heard you. But so what?”
“So what? It’s nice down there but it isn’t here!”
“So? Embrace the weather. Plus, since it’s getting closer to the holidays, that kid is going to see all the snow on the television and wonder why the hell her Christmas involves unyielding stretches of grass. She will never ever experience a true holiday season, like you and I will.”
“Yeah, but....”
“It’s true.”
“Does a true holiday season involve being cold and miserable all the time?”
“Well… yeah.…. but in a good way.”