The last time we visited my family up in Michigan, I found that I didn't enjoy winter as much as I used to... mainly because I didn't like driving in it any more. But I still miss the cold bite in the air, the stark beauty of the all-white landscape, and the incredible brilliance of the stars on a clear, cold night.
See, if I could get all that without the cold and sloshiness on either end, then I wouldn't mind winter that much either.