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6 Reasons Winter Is Trash, Ranked

It’s the most garbageful time of the year!

Omar L. Gallaga
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2 min readDec 21, 2020

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6. Reruns all over TV

This year might be different, with some legit A+ streaming arrivals on Christmas Day, but traditionally, the holiday stretch has been a time of few new TV episodes and lots of repeats of old holiday staples. No disrespect to The Boondocks classic “A Huey Freeman Christmas,” but the lack of new programming has always made the start of winter drag longer than it has to.

5. Daylight saving time

We’re not farmers (bum ba dum bum bum bum bum). Stop this madness.

4. Bad songs

For every “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” there’s a “Wonderful Christmastime.” Case closed.

3. Driving in snow / ice / wintry mix

For anyone not behind the wheel of a snowplow, driving in snow or sleet or the remorseless terror that is a “wintry mix” is a slip-sliding affair that humans, by this point in history, should have much more control over.

2. Seasonal affective

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Omar L. Gallaga
Omar L. Gallaga

Written by Omar L. Gallaga

Tech culture writer and podcaster, now freelancing in Texas. Bylines: Washington Post, WSJ, CNN, NPR, Wired, Texas Monthly. Here for all your wordy needs.

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