I live in VA where we have 4 seasons. Our winters are relatively mild ... so we really don't dread them. Personally, I look forward to cooler temps. We're originally from IL where winters were much tougher. It's a piece of cake here in comparison.
Yes I hate winter and I especially hate snow, don't like driving in it, don't like looking at it, Don't like shoveling it, Don't like anything about it.
Dread, despise the thought, almost cannot bear to even contemplate it. I really don't like those long dark evenings and the interminable miserable grey days.
I am praying for the winter to come. There are just too many fires around here (2 new ones just stated within the last 15 minutes). Winter means rain (hopefully). I'd rather be cold and wet than burned up.