It's gotten really, really cold here yesterday evening (well, mostly compared to how warm it was for most of autumn and early winter), with us being solidly in the minus degrees, and today close to -10°C. Which is wonderful, in my opinion, due to several things:
It finally feels a bit more like winter, and Xmas coming up. I don't have to worry about the cookies placed in the wintergarden getting too warm and cosy. The bit of snow that we got stays on the ground, making everything look much more wintery (see above).
But, most important, and on top of my hooray list right now: We can finally defrost the freezer, storing its frozen contents outside while the machine thaws and we remove the layers of ice that have built up. They are not horrendously thick yet, but quite noticeable, and I've been waiting for a chance to do this for ages now, but it has never been cold enough for long enough (with a reliable prediction, and preferably at a time when we're actually at home and can do it). The fridge's freezer compartment is already almost done; that's much less to clear out and hoist outside, so it was a spur of the moment job this morning. (In relation to volume, the fridge compartment for freezing had much, much more ice in it as well.) Most curious side effect, and the reason why this action is taking a bit longer than it would have for just clearing the ice out: I discovered that ice had also built up inside the door to the compartment.
Telltale sign for that was water starting to drip out of the door corner as the defrosting started. Fortunately the door attachment to the fridge itself can be rather easily removed (it's a single screw holding one of the hinge parts), and so the door is now lying in a warm spot to thoroughly thaw and get rid of the water inside.
Once that's done, the fridge will go back into action, and then once it has cooled down the freezer compartment again, contents will go back inside. And then tonight the same thing with the freezer. (Sans the water-in-the-door, though... obviously. At least I hope there won't be secret stashes of ice in spots they are not supposed to be!)