Snowmanning
Snowmanning is a festive-season fling that runs hot through the holidays and then quietly melts away in the first weeks of January.
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SnowmanningvsCuffing season
The short answer
Two ends of the same calendar. Cuffing season is the deliberate autumn pairing-up against the cold; snowmanning is the January uncoupling that follows. One is the arrival, the other is the thaw.
Side by side
| Aspect | Snowmanning | Cuffing season |
|---|---|---|
| Phase | The ending | The beginning |
| Season | January | Autumn to winter |
| Feeling | Abrupt deflation | Cosy pairing |
| Driven by | The season lifting | The season closing in |
What each one means
Cuffing Season
Cuffing season is the cold-weather stretch — roughly Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day — when single people feel the pull to pair off into a short-term relationship to get through the winter, then often drift apart when it warms up.
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