Source: Parenting (1994). Published with no editing.
- No mosquito bites.
- It gets dark earlier, so nine o'clock bedtime doesn't seem so bad.
- Flannel pajamas (with feet).
- Snow days (an ordinary winter)
- Hot chocolate with tiny marshmallows.
- Roaring fires in the fireplace.
- Holiday toys aren't broken yet.
- Writing your name on a steamy window with your finger.
- It's easier to fake a cold.
- A clean slate with Santa Claus (St. Nicholas, St. Lucia, etc.)
- Getting to stomp through slush puddles.
- No skinned knees.
- Ice-cream cones don't melt on the way to the car.
- You don't have to mow the lawn.