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okay today we're going to talk about

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winter this isn't my favorite topic

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because i prefer other seasons

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but it's winter now so let's talk about

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it in most places the weather is cold

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during winter i don't live in a very

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cold area but i still feel uncomfortable

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during this season

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i don't have a heating system in my

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apartment this means that my apartment

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isn't warm during winter so we have to

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use extra blankets and wear warm clothes

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inside and of course every time we go

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outside we have to wear warm clothes too

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in my city we often have cloudy weather

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or sometimes rainy weather during this

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season i don't like this but the worst

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part of winter is that the days are

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shorter the sun goes down really early

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normally in the summer the sun sets

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around 7 30 or 8 p.m in my city however

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in december it sets before 5pm

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many people don't like this because they

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don't have many opportunities to enjoy

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the sunlight when they finish working

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it's already dark outside this can be

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depressing i try to start working early

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in the morning so i can finish early

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this way i can have some hours of

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sunlight after i'm done with work in

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general i love the sun so i prefer long

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summer days

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not short winter days okay now let's

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talk about some winter activities of

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course some of the funnest winter

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activities involve snow or ice for

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example it's common to go skiing or

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snowboarding during this time in the u.s

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there are many ski resorts where people

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can practice these sports if you don't

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know how to ski or snowboard you can

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also try sledding sledding is the

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activity where you sit on something and

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slide down a hill it's easy and fun

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another fun thing you can do in the snow

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is have a snowball fight this is where

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you throw balls of snow at other people

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everyone likes throwing snowballs at

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people one other winter sport is ice

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skating there are many places to ice

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skate in the u.s even in the middle of

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big cities i'm terrible at ice skating

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but i still think it's fun

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the only bad part is when you fall

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because it hurts trust me okay now let's

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talk about winter holidays and

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traditions for me the best part of

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winter is christmas i don't usually like

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holidays but i love christmas my family

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had several christmas traditions that

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i'll always remember for example we

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always decorated the christmas tree

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together with the same ornaments every

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year another tradition that i like is

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going to see the beautiful lights and

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decorations in different neighborhoods

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i'm excited to start new christmas

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traditions with my own family many

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people around the world also celebrate

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new year's eve in the u.s a lot of

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people turn on the tv to watch the new

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year's eve party in new york city i did

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this when i was younger but nowadays

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this holiday isn't really important to

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me i like christmas but not new year's

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eve

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however when i'm with my wife's family i

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have to celebrate this holiday with them

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okay that's all for today

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leave a comment and tell me your

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