It's a 'learned thing'. When you are just learning to walk your parents and older siblings take you out into the winter wonderland and teach you how to have fun in the winter weather. If they do a good enough job of it the lesson stays with you..... After that, you miss the winter when you live in the south. I guess it could wear off when you get really old....
LOL, "really old".... got it!
nah , I "used to" love it too, as a kid or up into my 20`s...while I was still there... I would cross country ski too, also did biatholon (ski/shoot)...I`d go downhill, ice skating , ice surfing....but its sure nice to be in the warm nowadays...when your 'really old'...
but I`ll tell you it REALLY hurts hitting a tree at 50+ mph going downhill (did it once as a 20 yr old!, went on the side of the 'normal run'....)
After that, you miss the winter when you live in the south. I guess it could wear off when you get really old.... 
