This Chicago girl says she loves how cold winter weather brings people inside during this time of year.
During this time of year you can take your pick of earworms, wheedling their way into your brain in every public place you go.
"Normally during this time of year, I'm watching the NBA playoffs, but a friend of mine invited me to the hockey game, and I decided to take him up on his offer, and I gotta tell you, it did not disappoint, " he said.
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That is because the tradition of setting off firecrackers during this time of the year causes a large amount of noise, air and ground pollution.
Others last so long that some foreign expatriates flee Taiwan during this time of the year.
"One of the things during this time of the year ... is that if you lose, it's final, " coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
Victoria Park, owner of Park Pet Supply in Atlanta, says self-cleaning varieties get top billing during this time of the year, particularly for long-haired dogs.
"Not a lot of people realize it but on an average day during this time of the year this port processes between 25, 000 and 30, 000 people a day, " says port director William Brooks.
During this very social time of year, many of these sick people are either tolerating their symptoms to join big groups of friends or family, or coming together honestly unaware that they are contagious.
The doorbuster deals are also being offered during a shorter window of time this year, St.
North Korea typically responds with aggressive rhetoric during annual military exercises in the South at this time of year.
The UK's economy shrank by 0.3% in the last three months of 2012, and if it contracts during the first quarter of this year then it will be back in recession for the third time in five years.
Additionally, some of the increase can likely be attributed to typical seasonal price increases generally observed during this time period each year.
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And there was the issue of this being an election year and doing this kind of high profile tax savings deal with a Chinese partner during such a time.
The only other time it was as low as this year was during the second season, played on the seam-friendly surfaces of South Africa after security concerns forced the tournament out of India.
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