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"  We feel you, Jon Snow.  The majority of the U.S. is currently experiencing a weather phenomenon we like to call &amp;quot;Reasons 1-394 Why Humans Should Hibernate Like Bears,&amp;quot; or\u2014in lay/weathermen&amp;#039;s terms: extremely cold temperatures. Since holing up in a nice, warm den and sleeping &amp;#039;til spring is sadly not an option for most of us, we&amp;#039;ve developed some rather interesting ways to cope with the cold. Here are some real tactics REDBOOK editors employ to stay warm when the mercury not only drops\u2026 it&amp;#039;s just plain nonexistent.  There&amp;#039;s a time and a place to wear the leather pumps in the shoe pile under your desk, and neither of those are today. Sure, you&amp;#039;re reinforced-toeing the line of office-appropriate footwear, but you know what? The storm is named Hercules, so you can just say your boots are an homage to classical Greek style. Pictured: Bungee boots in gooseberry, $159.95; aetrex.com.  Weddings and when you have to concentrate are probably the top two times you don&amp;#039;t want to have cold feet. REDBOOK&amp;#039;s Senior Fashion Editor Cris Pearlstein copes with a heavy-duty pair of fleece socks. &amp;quot;My in-laws&amp;#039; house is always cold, so when I go there I bring them in my bag and put them on over my regular socks when we&amp;#039;re just hanging out in the living room. I wish I could bring them to work and wear them around the office, but sadly they&amp;#039;re too thick to actually wear with shoes.&amp;quot; Pictured: Fleece socks, $15.95; llbean.com.  Not only will those heat wraps, which you can find at any drugstore, provide some much-needed warmth in a freezing office, they&amp;#039;ll also combat any muscle soreness brought on by your New Year&amp;#039;s resolution workouts. Pictured: ThermaCare HeatWraps, $12.99; amazon.com.  &amp;quot;My husband has been known to wear my mother&amp;#039;s old ski thermal as a first layer when it&amp;#039;s especially cold,&amp;quot; says Senior Research Editor Lauren Oster. &amp;quot;Also, we both added a shot of whiskey to the to-go lattes we picked up on the way to a museum this weekend, and while that&amp;#039;s not a socially-acceptable Monday beverage, it sure sounds nice.&amp;quot; Consider our post-work agenda amended. Pictured: Emblem base layer thermal top, $25; eternalsnow.com.   Growing up, my parents kept the house so cold that I&amp;#039;d wear a Turtle Fur neck warmer on my head so it resembled a Strega Nona-style babushka. I may or may not have carried this habit into adulthood. Pictured: Double-layer neck warmer, $11.99; amazon.com.  Senior Writer Kate Sullivan tackles cold from the inside out. &amp;quot;I drink hot water. I&amp;#039;m a big-time Earl Grey tea drinker, but I try not to over-caffeinate just for the sake of a warm beverage, so that means mixing in cups of peppermint tea and just plain hot water to stave off the chill.&amp;quot;  Problem: Your fingers are frozen, but you need to type. Solution: Super-adorable, chunky-knit arm warmers or fingerless gloves. Pictured: Crochet arm warmers, $28; etsy.com.  Ask anyone who&amp;#039;s ever worn a Snuggie how it felt, and they will begrudgingly admit it&amp;#039;s amazing. Sure, you&amp;#039;ll look like you joined a cult (and this woman really, really does), but it&amp;#039;s such a warm and cozy one. Pictured: Snuggie fleece blanket, $14.99; mysnuggiestore.com.  A few years ago, I snagged a pair of men&amp;#039;s polar fleece pants at a camping store&amp;#039;s winter clearance sale. When it&amp;#039;s truly freezing, I wear them on top of an old pair of sweater-tights from my ballerina days. For work, you can wear the sweater-tights over regular ones, which solves the whole &amp;quot;how do I wear knitwear on my legs without going full-on, leg-warmer-wearing hipster?&amp;quot; conundrum. Pictured: White Sierra microfleece pants, $19.98; campmor.com; mock rib stretch cotton tights with folder waist, $62; kddance.com.  After carefully checking your company&amp;#039;s HR policy, consider implementing &amp;quot;Coworker Spooning Hour.&amp;quot; (REDBOOK is not responsible for anyone who takes this suggestion seriously.) Related 50 Coats to Get You Through the Winter The Cutest Plus-Size Winter Coats Cold-Weather Tricks to Calm Unhappy Skin 11 Hats You Need to Brave the Winter Chill Like what you see? Follow @redbookmag on Twitter for even more couch-candy reading. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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