Merry Christmas from Canada! Here I am spending Christmas at my friend's parent's farm in Canada instead of with family in Sweden this year!

@saintsong
The reason she introduced me to this site was so that I could practice writing English, which I get very little opportunity to practice in Sweden. Yes, everyone speaks English as a second language in Sweden, but few speak English in their day to day work. My civilian job since I got out of the Royal Swedish Navy, is to write engineering reports to business clients who usually only speak English, so my friend suggested I join this site just to practice writing. She's a professional writer herself so she's been coaching me for free and with great patience I must add!

@SandWitch Wow your English is impecible! Probably better than mine and it's my mother tongue!

@saintsong

Thank you!
I'll pass on your compliment to my friend. She's the one who earned it! 😂

@SandWitch One would think you would need to travel to the west coast of Canada to have the warmest winters

@Justlivingthedream
According to what I've been reading about Canada, the warmest part of Canada during winter is south-western Ontario in the Great Lakes Region which lies at the same latitude as northern California.

Statistically speaking, south-western Ontario has an average winter temperature of 5 degrees above the freezing mark and winter only lasts for a maximum of 90 days in any year, at which point crops are actually being planted and home owners are cutting their grass while the rest of Canada are still blowing snow!

A warm, short winter is not the case for Canada's western regions nor even Canada's far west coast like Vancouver, which lies at least 400 miles further north-latitude than south-western Ontario.

@SandWitch Average high temperatures for Vancouver in December is 6c and January 7c. Windsor ON is 3c in December and 0c In January. Toronto same. I think you need to check your facts again.

@vetguy1991
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too, wherever you are!

@SandWitch Missouri here

@vetguy1991
Yes! I think I can see your house from up here! 😁

@SandWitch Yeah was weird. And back up early too. Same in Oslo

@InMyPrime
A good night's sleep requires a lot of pre-planning and self-discipline to just go to bed and pretend that it isn't light outside!

@SandWitch I can imagine. I was only there for few days and spent most of it seeing the city. Didn’t have any trouble falling asleep as I was exhausted from site seeing

@VeronicaJane
I forget how far south I am here in southern Ontario Canada, right across the lake from Cleveland. Where I was born and raised right at the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, it was rare to go outside at night and NOT see the northern lights glistening overhead and for as far as the eye could see in all directions!

@ViciDraco
Yes, I think I can see you from my friend's bedroom window as we both sit here looking south across Lake Erie! Is that you carrying a cardboard box with a black cat in it, or is that someone else?