Baby, It’s Cold Outside! 20 Icy Photos from Mashable Readers

1. Ladybug

   -Farsad Ghaffarian

   

2. Snow in Park

   -Bob Webster

   

3. Winter Reflection

   -Bob Webster

   

4. Winter Wonderland

   - Yana Ruseva

   

5. Train

   -Colleen Stone

   

6. Miami City Ballet

   "The only snowstorm you will see in South Florida!"
   -Miami City Ballet, photo by Kyle Froman

   

7. Cold Morning in Jönköping 1

   -Mats Johansson

   

8. Cold Morning in Jönköping 2

   -Mats Johansson

   

9. Frosty Day in Maine

   -Amity Beane

   

10. Maine Morning in December

    -Amity Beane

    

11. A Hole in the Lake

    -Louis Dawson

    

12. Traffic Lights

    -Farsad Ghaffarian

    

13. Cold During Hurricane Sandy

    - Jordan Schneweiss

    

14. Cold Morning in Jönköping 3

    -Mats Johansson

    

15. -Paige Ellean

    

16. Icy Window

    -Louis Dawson

    

17. - Lihan Deng

    

18. First Snow

    - johannaboth

    

19. Nor-Easter

    -Dan Nguyen

    

20. snow-diving

    -Andrew Kohn

    

Even as the holiday season is ending, the cold weather is here to stay. While the nights of eggnog may be over, the pictures above remind us that there is still plenty to look forward to. So grab a mug of hot cocoa and feast your eyes on these 20 beautiful pictures inspired by the prompt "cold" in this week's photo challenge.

Everyone who submitted their photos is eligible to win a Panasonic LUMIX G5 16 Megapixel Compact System Camera (see the full rules here). Check back tomorrow for the best submissions from our readers over the course of this challenge! Thanks to everyone for sharing their inspiring photos.

Thumbnail photo courtesy of Bob Webster