for snow castles. The world becomes your playground. After a day of tobogganing, skiing, snowboarding and resolving WW3, snow ball style, you enter your house and are welcomed by the scent of hot chocolate being freshly brewed and the sight of a fresh, unopened bag of marshmallows. Once your marshmallows are strategically placed into the steaming cup of cocoa you're ready to sit down with your family and enjoy a movie. Finally, you're ready to crawl into your bed and hibernate underneath the five different blankets sprawled over your mattress, and rest up. You're going to need your energy to do it all again the next day. A Really Ice Season By Seth Sibble My favourite time of year would have to be Winter, that time when the world cools down and chills for a bit. All joking aside, Winter is a really pretty season. It is the only season typically exempt of excess heat. Places radically change as nature drops the leaf altogether, with frosty fingers or crisp white flakes transforming the landscape into something spectacularly surreal. As for special occasions, Winter does not find itself lacking, with many large celebrations, such as New Year's, Christmas, and all similarly timed holidays. The icy ways of winter triggers many exciting events, such as the massive Ice Sculpture competitions famous for their beauty. Sport fanatics will also find expanded Ski and Snowboarding areas to their liking. Winter is the only time of the year to actually have entirely exclusive sports, such