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CHANCES ARE, LOUIS ARMSTRONG  had no idea when he first sang “Baby It’s Cold Outside” that so many years later it would still be a cold-weather classic,  sung from coast to coast on dark, snowy winter nights. Rarely, however, has there been a winter more befitting his famous song than 2008-09. 

We expect snow early in the high Rockies and along the Cascade Range, but this year snow came surprisingly early to even low lying areas of the nation, in California and New England, in the mid-west and almost all parts in-between.  Temperatures dropped drastically the beginning of December, in many places falling way below zero.  Oh, baby, it has been cold out there!

It snowed in New Orleans.  It snowed in Florida.  Ice and sleet greeted office workers in Manhattan day after day after day. And Santa Claus was still nowhere to be seen, resting comfortably with his reindeer at the North Pole, waiting for the real winter weather to set it.  Well, he shouldn’t have waited. Winter stormed in with a vengeance while he was asleep, kept up during his big global ride, and now, in mid-January, the winter rage goes on…

                                   Bobsledding or Belly-Whopping

THIS IS A YEAR to stay cozy and warm!  Put on a snuggly winter jacket, a wool scarf and gloves, and take a lighthearted attitude toward all this white stuff.  Bobsledding is fun for the upscale crowd; if you’re an ordinary citizen, try belly-whopping with an ordinary sled.  After the sports-fest add a fashionably chic hat to your wardrobe, and have fun snow-parading while it lasts. (And that could be a long time!) 

• A lighthearted answer to low temperatures is a beautiful wool beret.  In a large range of colors, berets cross over seasons with ease, bringing an urban French couture sensibility to the snowy-est country scene.

• An angora wool bucket hat is another great double-duty cold weather accessory.   Fashionable and warm, in a handsome herringbone design, these hats fall comfortably below the ears and work well in any winter temperature.

                                            Brrrrrrrr!

BITTER COLD WEATHER has witnessed dangerous wind chill factors running as low as 58 degrees below zero in some parts of the country. In Hallock, Minnesota, the vice president of Johnson Oil Company is taking the frigid temperatures in stride, pointing out that 38 degrees below zero isn’t so difficult. “We’re kind of acclimated to it up here,” Marc Johnson said.  

Not everybody takes the weather with such aplomb.  If you’re anything less than the staunch Nordic type, think carefully about keeping the body warm with layers of clothing and hats, hats, hats!  After all 80% of the body’s heat is lost through the head.  Keep the head warm, and you’re warm.  Hopefully.

• A terrific cold weather combo is a fashionable hat, scarf and gloves, all matching, in many different color options.  With its handsome faux fur trim, this hat bespeaks Russian royalty. Choose it in wine red and you’ve got a real winner! 

• A faux fur and suede winter hat, again in a variety of colors, forms a cloche-like wrap around the ears to assure you won’t be losing body heat to the wild, swirling winter winds.  A terrific fashion piece for cold winters like we’re experiencing.

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— Oh, will everybody be watching with eagle eyes this year to see if that sleepyhead groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, sees his shadow on February 2^nd.  Bundle up, cuddle up, and be sure to wear a warm winter hat while you’re waiting!