If You're Canadian...

Now before I say anything, I would like to say that for those of you who "don't skate" then I am sorry, please don't take it personally, I have nothing against you, I'm just against the fact that you can't skate.

So now that we FINALLY have SNOW and FINALLY have low enough temperatures that ICE will FREEZE, we can finally go SKATING!!! I have been skating this year quite a few times already (and that doesn't include my hockey games). There is something that I don't understand though and it's that there are people (who live in Canada) who DON'T SKATE!!!!!!!!!!! This is a CRIME people!!! Everyone who lives in Canada should be able to skate, i'm not saying that you have to love it (like I do) but you should know HOW at least. One of the lines that I get is, "well, I don't skate." What do you mean you "DON'T SKATE" ? Are you saying that you never learned how to skate and year after year of winters you just "don't skate"? I feel bad for you then, because you have never experienced the joy of skating! You have never glided gracefully across ice, skated until your legs are so tired they hurt, felt the spray of snow as you stop. We live in Canada, our national sport is HOCKEY, not every country gets ice. If you can't skate, then you shouldn't call yourself Canadian.

Another thing I don't understand is how so many people can't stand cold temperatures. We live in the beautiful country of CANADA and in Canada we have warm summers and COLD WINTERS!...this is not a bad thing, but simply part of our climate. So I ask you, why is it that every winter there are people who are like, "brrr, I can't believe how cold it is!" or people who, in the fall when it hasn't snowed yet, are like, "well ya can't complain, at least there's no snow on the ground!" It happens EVERY year people! and yes, because of global warming the snow and cold temperatures come later and later, but when they come, it shouldn't be a SURPRISE to you! I mean, maybe it's because I was born, and lived for 7 years, in Edmonton Alberta, but I love winter, I love cold weather and having to get bundled up to go outside! and I think that if you live in Canada you should too, maybe not to the extent that I do but still. If you can't stand the cold winters, you shouldn't call yourself Canadian!