"It's very infectious and strikes in winter because people are indoors and it spreads more easily, " Hawkey said.
We better hope we have a mild winter and people stay healthy - which is a big concern.
This winter, people are even selling their blankets and heaters in order to put food on the table.
This Chicago girl says she loves how cold winter weather brings people inside during this time of year.
Clothing and footwear was the strongest non-food category, with winter weather encouraging people to shop for boots and seasonal clothes.
"Whereas if you are born in the year of the Bull, born in winter, these people need to be out front meeting people and being aggressive, " he adds.
The country also has experienced increased shortages of natural gas, which were felt acutely during the winter because many people rely on natural gas to heat their homes as well as cook.
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High, of course, is when the kids are out of school and the weather is great, or summer, while low is during the depths of winter, when fewer people are traveling, with the exception of the holidays.
The bill would allow for the early payment of the winter fuel allowance to people whose homes are not connected to the mains gas grid and whose principal source of fuel is home fuel oil, liquid petroleum gas or propane gas.
The Serbian authorities had so far done nothing to house these people during the winter, said the agency.
Kansas City looks pretty good in comparison, an upscale market of 1.9 million people with no winter sports teams.
"There were people complaining this winter of itchy, watery eyes, which is something you don't see until April or May, " Feldman said.
Last winter, more than 100 people died from the cold in Ukraine.
One government agency subsidizes vacations for hundreds of thousands of elderly people during the winter low season to help keep tourism workers employed.
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He said there were a number of factors that affect how people drive, and they run counter to what many people believe about winter driving.
For a foretaste, look at Primorski Krai, a miserable spot in far-eastern Russia where crass politicians, rampant crime and economic decline have given people a hellish winter.
In winter, experts say, people in the northern half of the U.S. don't receive enough UVB rays from the sun to make vitamin D, regardless of whether they use sunscreen.
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Figures show a huge rise in UK households in fuel poverty, even before expected rises in the price of gas and electricity, and charities predicted that this winter would see millions more people struggling to keep warm at home.
"The French coast there is extraordinary tidal, I can't imagine people coming in the winter at all, " he said.
The number of people under blizzard and winter storm warnings, watches and advisories totaled 35 million, according to CNN's weather unit.
The empty, snow-covered streets serve as a reminder of what's missing in this town, and he lets people trundle through the winter chill as if they're serving a penance for merely existing.
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The usually harsh winter could take a heavy toll on people who have been subsisting on minimal rations for many months already.
McMurdo can accommodate nearly 1, 500 people, but only some 60 to 70 people stay there during the winter, when the extreme weather precludes regular flights, Wing said.
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Each winter, 1.25 million British people go skiing and the industry wants more of these to realise it is possible to ski outside the traditional months December to March.
Meanwhile BNP MEP Nick Griffin said that aid to Haiti was "hypocricy" and that more should be done to give money to British people who die over the winter.
"What people forget with the long winter break is that during that break the international players get a real rest as well, which is not the case in the summer, " Wenger said, underlining that national team players usually have obligations in difficult summer tournaments.
Currently older people can qualify for the winter fuel allowance on the third Monday in September, but Mr Weir is proposing that homes in England, Wales and Scotland not connected to the mains gas should have access to their money in the third week of July instead.
But in the winter, when road conditions are bad, people tend to drive more slowly.
American aid means winter supplies for more than half a million people in Aleppo, Homs and Deir Ezzor.
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