But we have known since the days of Chaucer that April is "the cruellest month", although that was in England at the beginning of the 'little Ice Age' and I am in Florida.
"February is there to show people who don't drink what a hangover is like."
The quote is Garrison Keillor, who most conservatives don't like, but I would defend outright because I love to hear him tell a story. (It's my Scandinavian Minnesotan Lutheran Lake Wobegon homestead roots)