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You're more likely to ride a toboggan than a sled.
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You think Boston looks prettiest after a fresh snowfall.
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You'd never skip out on plans just because the "T" was down.
4.
You've spent a winter afternoon with the penguins at the New England Aquarium.
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You compare every storm to the Blizzard of '78 .
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You equally fear and hope for the mighty Nor'easter.
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You know it's not a real winter until the Charles River freezes over.
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You argue with family over whose turn it is to fire up the snowblowah .
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Snow never gets in the way of life unless you can't get your car out of the driveway.
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Because if you can get the car out, you know you can drive through three feet of snow like it's nothing.
11.
If you're from Connecticut, you grew up waiting anxiously to hear if Dr. Mel the Meteorologist would report weather bad enough to close schools.
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And it would take a legit BLIZZARD for schools to close down.
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You've reconnected with hearty colonial ancestors at Old Sturbridge Village.
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Your house has a "mud room" for changing out of your boots and snow clothes.
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Everything in winter is better with spiced apple cider.
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And on the darkest and coldest days, Dunkin' Donuts is a shining beacon of hope.
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You have a deeper appreciation of Rudolph, because you visited real reindeer farms as a kid.
18.
If the Pats can play football in the snow, so can you.
19.
In recent years, you caught an outdoor hockey game at "Frozen Fenway."
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You'd go on "family ski vacations," even if no one in your family knew how to ski.
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And if you did ski, you made the most out of tiny ski hills.
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There's no better form of winter travel in New England than Amtrak.
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And you embrace every opportunity to leave cities and connect with New England nature.
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It doesn't get better than winter in New England.
