People in Europe: coping with low temperatures

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During the past two days it's been sort of a trending topic on Spanish TV, both in weather forecasts and talk shows, and all over the media, the upcoming freeze travelling from Siberia across the European continent. They talk about temperatures of 25 Celsius below zero at 1500 m above the sea, and -5ºC by the coast. Personally, I've heard little about how the countries where the freeze is already at are coping with the negative temperatures (other than streets and building covered with several centimetres of snow). It's very odd to see snow over the Mediterranean, so I'm a little enthusiastic about it, but I'm aware that snow is not always welcome over the mountains and the inland. So, how are you people in the Northern countries dealing with these cold COLD temperatures?