January Blues English gap filling answer

Michael

I know 15 what people mean when they say they get the ‘winter blues’ 16  as I also find the 17  lack of light in December and January can make me feel a bit down. The worst month for me is November, 18  though. There isn’t any more nice weather, the days get 19 much shorter, and it’s a long, long time until you can see signs of spring. You can’t even say Christmas is just 20  around the corner – it’s still a few weeks 21  away. I know some people say January is their 22  least favourite month, but in January I’m usually looking forward 23  to going skiing somewhere. I 24  always go skiing in January or February, usually in France. It’s one of the highlights of my year and 25  certainly makes winter much more 26  bearable.

Sue

I’ve never found January a 27  particularly difficult month to 28  get through. 29  In fact, I absolutely love those days in mid-winter when it’s sunny and freezing cold – it’s so invigorating, and you get gorgeous sunsets 30  as well. In weather like that my husband and I usually 31  take the dog out for a long walk in the country and stop off at our local pub on the 32 way back home – they always have a lovely 33  log fire and it’s so warm and cosy. Also, the thing with winter is that you don’t have 34  high expectations about the weather. 35  Obviously you don’t expect to be sitting in the garden or 36  having a barbecue. In July and August, though, that’s exactly 37  what you expect – and we’ve 38  hardly done it at all these last two summers because the weather 39  has been so cool and wet. Now that’s what I call 40  depressing.