It's that time of year again when you pull out your big winter coat and Bruin's beanie and brace yourself to get out of bed every morning.

When you're a kid who grew up in New England winter can mean something different for you. While people who live in places a little closer to the equator are wishing they could see a few inches of snow for the holidays, you're bundled up and hoping that the snow melts enough so that you can get out your front door.

Here are 6 relatable things that any kid who grew up in New England knows about:

1. Snow Days

This one is obvious, but it wouldn't be a list about winter in New England without mentioning the best days ever! Well, they weren't so fun for your parents who had to deal with you bouncing around the house all day but snow days are God's gift to kids. You would be all snug and cozy in your bed, then you would hear a knock on your door or the phone ring downstairs and next thing you knew your mom was coming into your room to tell you that you could sleep in. The pure feeling of euphoria is indescribable as you realize that you get to spend the whole day sledding, running around in the snow, and drinking hot cocoa in your PJ's.

2. LL Bean

LL Bean is technically every season for a New Englander but comes in especially handy in the winter. Bean boots, coats, scarves, gloves, snowshoes, earmuffs, you name it! If you weren't outfitted with a discount pair of LL Bean snow pants on the playground, did you really grow up in New England? Let's face it, the only thing more New England than an LL Bean sweater would be a hot medium regular from Dunks.

3. Power Outages

If you're anything like me, you know what it's like to go weeks without power in freezing temperatures. As soon as the next Nor'Easter is forecast to come along, you've already helped dad get all the firewood chopped and prepped the house for complete power-outage-survival-mode. If you grew up in New England you've most likely experienced going a week without a shower, waiting in line for hours at gas stations to fill up for your generator, putting all the food in your fridge outside in the snow so it won't go bad, and camping out in the living room with the whole family to conserve the heat. While New Englanders may not be the friendliest people, power outages are always times of helping out those neighbors you barely speak to and, in the end, it brings everyone closer together.

4. Snow Day Superstitions

This one kind of goes along with snow days in general, but there are certain rituals that date back thousands of years to the ancient times of the snow day. First, you must wear your PJ's inside out and backward. Then, flush ice cubes down the toilet. Then, before going to bed for the night, carefully place exactly 7 pennies outside your bedroom door and then go to sleep with a spoon underneath your pillow. Just make sure that whatever you do, DO NOT JINX IT!

5. Hockey

While hockey in New England isn't taken to the level that Canadians enjoy it, it's at this time of year when we trade Brady for Bergeron and Gillette for the Garden. What's better than curling up on the couch under a blanket and watching the Bruin's game? Also, you can finally skip the street hockey for real ice hockey on the local pond. Just make sure you don't fall in!

6. Non- New Englanders

Growing up in the region of crazy and constantly changing weather patterns is just a way of life for us. When it comes a week of incredibly cold temperatures and weather that could range from snow to ice to sleet to wind to sunny in just one day, we're used to it. However, as soon as somebody who isn't from our part of the country starts to complain about the chill in the air, we go into full New Englander mode and boast about how "this is nothing!" and "you should've seen the ice storm of '09!" Just like the winter, New England pride is in our blood.