Great points & insight in your post.
This time of year my feathers get ruffled if we are having a bad snow year. The talk of record heat & torches just get me in a bad mood when I think of the Winter weather that we could be enjoying if the pattern was different.
I have recently embraced enjoying the other seasons over the the last few years. Since getting my home weather station last year, I have enjoyed tracking temperatures, dew points, & precipitation totals.
I will try to embrace non-snow weather in the Winter, but it will not be easy. Hopefully we will be tracking a legit Winter storm soon.