18 things that don't suck about winter in NYC

1. 85% less chance of encountering Michael Kay on a day to day basis.
2. Bars with Christmas lights in them.
3. Somebody's gonna give you something at some point; you might like it.
4. Watching an intense snowfall in the glow of a streetlight.
5. Work slows down and you even get some days off.
6. Less cops on the streets. (Less criminals too.)
7. Walking home with a warm beer buzz and a brisk wind in your face and feeling like you're invincible.
8. You might crash somebody's office party and drink for free.
9. It's a Wonderful Life.
10. If it is 1984, you might see Bernard go for 60 on Christmas Day.
11. a) Watching the smokers huddling outside of office buildings and thanking God you'll die of something other than lung cancer, or b) the joy of sneaking out of the office for a smoke when it's cold as hell but knowing the pleasure of your cigarette easily trumps the pain of the cold.
12. Playing Fairytale of New York on the jukebox in a nearly-empty bar.
13. You can leave and go place someplace warm for a week or two. You really should.
14. You hang out with your friends and wonder why you don't do it more often. Then you wait 12 months and wonder the same thing.
15. Waking up on a Saturday morning in a cold apartment under a warm blanket and staying in bed when you realize you don't haveta work.
16. Walking in a field in central park after a big snowstorm, before anyone else has trampled it.
17. Taking scalding showers that destroy your skin but feel oh so good.
18. Dogshit is usually frozen and less likely to destroy your shoes when you step in it.