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The warmth of childhood

Fervent follower of winter walks in the forest, Elise, 38, evokes pell-mell Christmas, the smell of cinnamon, the wet woolen gloves, the big blue field by the frost in which she galloped with her brothers."I see my grandmother busy in the kitchen, the shortbread on which we are throwing ourselves back, I still feel the smell of the tree floating in the house.For psychoanalyst Isabel Korolitski, most cold lovers associate winter and Christmas, consciously or not."This party evokes warmth, light, comfort.There is also something in the order of honored childhood, which comes to touch the child in us, whatever our religion.»»

Just as moved as Elise, Lucile, 35, speaks of the smell of wood fire mixed with rainwater which sometimes surprises her in Paris, at the bend of a street, and which brings her back to the winters of herChildhood in Auvergne."Night fell suddenly around the house.With my sister, we had the permission to dine in our room that we had transformed into teepee.»» « La notion de sécurité ou d’insécurité est centrale dans le goût pour le froid, analyse Isabel Korolitski.In the rejection of winter, there is an existential anxiety, that of light that will not come back.The cold is associated with black, shadows, nightmares.»»

Would lovers of winter rigors be less anxious than fans of the tropics?"Perhaps not, but they have an antidote at their disposal: the light of the home allows them to savor the outside without feeling threatened.»» Dedans-dehors, ils savourent les deux mondes en alternance.