Enough already

Dear Winter

Okay. You've done what you came to do. You've stripped the leaves from the trees, chucked every kind of precipitation you can at us, tipped us over on frozen pavements and filled A&E departments with broken limbs. You've helped retailers sell woolly vests and those hideous furry boots, and prevented (some of) us from riding horses or going for walks. Plants have had the necessary hibernation period to help them do their thing in the spring. We have put on layers and shovelled snow and played our part, and if all this was intended to strengthen our characters, then I for one can assure you that  my character is now very strong indeed. In other words, you have SERVED YOUR PURPOSE.

Now, please, please will you just go away?