Mainly you just stay inside most of the time.  But yes, your body definitely adjusts.  A 50 degree in the fall (coming out of summer) feels cold on you put on a sweater.   A 50 degree day in the spring (coming out of winter) feels pretty warm and you'll see people in short sleeve shirts.

As for the snow, it can be a pain.  But I grew up with it and there is nothing better as a kid.  I would go sledding for hours.  My kids were out for a while today, but it was too cold to stay out that long.  I wouldn't mind living in SoCal, but all the family is here and I would miss the snow after a while.

Here in central massachusetts we don't get as cold, but usually have more snow.  The storms redevelop over the ocean and strengthen.  It just depends on how many of these storms we get.  Some years we'll only get 30 inches or so.   Other years it can go over 120 inches.  So far we are about average this year, but have a long way to go.

Yea, we'll get about 20 in our lowest years to about 85 in our highest (last year was nearly or was the highest). A little further south (towards the metro area) has more in the 90-100 range for their max, but probably a little less yet for their minimum. They also average about 50 instead of 45. We are at like 24" so far this year which is a little above average.

Did you miss the part about much of Europe having an insanely warm winter?  You yourself pointed out that the unusual cold here in Minnesota was due to Arctic patterns pushing further south than normal.  One could surmise that the whole system is centering on a different part of the globe than normal this year (closer to us, further from Europe) but no it's obviously just global warming is a lie. 

I can't fucking stand this weather because I have seasonal depression. The sooner we get back to 70, the better.

Closer to the original topic, I'm surprised you didn't mention that metric readers should multiply the inches by about 2.5 (two and a half) to approximate centimeters.

It's pretty bad here in Toronto as well. It went up to -30 in the past couple days.

Oops. Forgot about cm. Ironic since i think inches is dumb.

its -23 Right now in Northern Maine, WITHOUT windchill. Should hit -45 to -50 windchill tonight. its rediculous.

My car couldnt start in the morning because I needed jumper cables, wasn't mad tho...got me a day off work! woooo