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under the weather When my sister and her new husband told me they were coming to visit me here in Beijing this winter， it was a pleasant surprise， but when my parents announced they would be coming too I was less than enthralled. Did they not know how cold it gets in Beijing？ Would they be able to deal with the biting Siberian winds that occasionally wail down from the frigid North？ Once the mission to dissuade my parents from coming at such an inhospitable time of year was accomplished， I outlined the various garments my sister and brother-in-law would need for their trip. Armed with the type