21 Reasons to Love Winter

What comes to mind when you think of winter? Chilly days? Hot Cocoa? Winter sports?

Today is December 21 – the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s the shortest day of the year and it officially marks the start of winter. Learn more about the winter solstice, including how you can capture an image of the sun moving across the sky.

While today may be the shortest day of the year, our days will only get longer from here, which will give us more time every day to make good change. We encourage you to start planning how you’ll give back to Earth in 2019 and beyond.

In the meantime, to get us in the spirit of the season, our staff huddled and came up with a list of 21 things to love about winter. We hope this list serves as inspiration for you throughout winter:

1. Winter brews
2. Homemade baked goods
3. Catching snow on your tongue
4. Puzzles and board games by the fire
5. Hot tea
6. Sweaters
7. Calvin and Hobbes snowmen
8. Snow!
9. Warm drinks
10. Lights that twinkle
11. Cuddles with your dog
12. A cabin in the woods
13. Winter storms at the beach
14. Hot soup after playing outside
15. Dogs and snow…together
16. The cold, crisp air
17. Shoveling snow
18. Sledding
19. Running in the snow
20. The sound of snow crunching under your feet
21. Holiday craft shows

Since we’re celebrating 25 years of inspiring people like you to take responsibility and action for Earth, it’s only fitting we extend the list to 25 reasons to love winter, so here are four bonus ideas to inspire winter magic:

22. Outdoor fires
23. Cozy hats
24. Walks in the forest
25. Family traditions

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What do you love about winter?