living inSe asia - it is very hot all the time, but just recently we had a cold period - it went down to 12 degress (Celsius, not Fahrenheit).
That is very cold here.
So we spent the hours sitting around a charcoal fire, as there is no other heating source here!
(we normally use it for barbecues! lol
And yes, it is very hypnotic...
Sitting around a fire like that makes things more social.., and you forget how cold it really is... :))