These photos of the deep freeze will make you move in with your Florida grandmother

Now is the time to connect with your warm-weather relatives.
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Heather Dockray
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These photos of the deep freeze will make you move in with your Florida grandmother
Americans love nothing more than a frozen Niagara Falls. Credit: Vianney Le Caer/REX/Shutterstock

Do you have any relatives in Florida, Los Angeles or the Caribbean? Now is an excellent time to catch up.

New Year's 2018 was marked by bone-chillingly low, sad temperatures in much of the continental United States. New York City had its coldest New Years since 1962. Chicago's New Year's, which was measured at about zero degrees right before midnight, was its most frigid since 1969. Temperatures in some parts of the United States hit 50 degrees below Farenheit.

Thankfully, these photos of places and people looking just as miserable as us give us warmth.

Take a look at these frozen fountains and rejoice, because you are likely inside reading this.

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Tourists who are braver than you went to visit the frozen Niagara Falls on New Year's Eve. Credit: Vianney Le Caer/REX/Shutterstock
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Tourists outside a snow-covered Cloud Gate at Millennium Park in Chicago, where temperatures dipped into the sub-zeroes. Credit: Nam Y. Huh/AP/REX/Shutterstock

These men from Michigan took advantage of the deep freeze to build a moving ice carousel which, damn.

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Deep Freeze, Erie, Pennsylvania. Credit: Tony Dejak/AP/REX/Shutterstock
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A frozen lake in Central Park. Tourists, beware. Credit: William Volcov/REX/Shutterstock
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Tourists gaze at a frozen fountain Bryant Park in Manhattan. New Yorkers stay at home. Credit: Frank Franklin II/AP/REX/Shutterstock

Say what you will, but this deep freeze is a real victory for people who love the great indoors. Congrats.

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.

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