Crucially, cold weather also facilitates coziness \u2014 a phenomenon so important, and so ill-served by the weedy word \u201ccoziness\u201d, that the Danes have made it a central part of their (unusually happy) culture. They call it\u00a0\u201chygge\u201d. Hygge can mean hot chocolate by the fire while it\u2019s snowing outside, but it also implies camaraderie and intimacy: it\u2019s a social coziness, a coming together with people we love, against the encroaching cold. I know sunshine enthusiasts have their equivalent pleasures: chilled drinks on a beach with friend, say. And they probably imagine they\u2019re just as good. They are wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Embedded in an argument for the superiority of winter over summer\u00a0is this interesting insight into friendship, as understood by the Danes: Crucially, cold weather also facilitates coziness \u2014 a phenomenon so important, and so ill-served by the weedy word \u201ccoziness\u201d, that the Danes have made it a central part of their (unusually happy) culture. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1863,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friendship"],"yoast_head":"\n
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