10 Ways You Know It's Winter in Russia

10. You can't feel your extremities...and when a feeling comes back, it's painful frostbite.
9. Every step down the ice-covered street is an adventure, and every pedestrian a potential handrail.
8. The streets and sidewalks are covered in grey, mushy stuff that people lovingly refer to as "snow."
7. You see people fall on their asses, and you just keep on walking.
6. There is so much fur around you, you feel like you're at the zoo.
5. It takes you 20 minutes just to put on your scarf, coat, hat, gloves, two layers of socks, boots, etc.
4. Your consumption of tea and soup triples, as well as your number of trips to the bathroom.
3. You find yourself calling your space heater "Fido," and you lead it around by its "leash" so it can follow you from room to room.
2. Rather than make your 20-minute walk to work, you'd rather take a 35-minute, crowded Metro ride.

And the #1 way to know it's winter in Russia is...

1. You wonder aloud how many pairs of pants you can physically wear at one time.

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