1. “Vacation” means going to Brandon for the weekend.

2. You measure distance in hours.

3. You often switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.

4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

5. You use a down comforter in the summer.

6. Your grandparents drive at 100 km/h through four meters of snow during a blizzard, without flinching.
 

7. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
 

8. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
 

9. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in.
 

10. You know all four seasons: Almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction.
 

11. You are bundled up in three sweaters, a parka, ski pants, a toque, two pairs of mittens, boots past your knees in 3 feet of snow in a -35 (-8000 with the wind chill) blizzard, your eyelashes are frozen together, your nose is running, you can't feel your toes, and you still stop at 7 Eleven for a Slurpee on the way home.