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I don't think I'll ever be able to get over the feeling of sipping a cup of hot coffee while playing video games in winter evenings?

I was asked to talk about my favorite season. I said the sentence above but I'm not sure if 'in winter evenings' is correct here.

How do I say it correctly?

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    get over is usually used in conjunction with a bad experience (you can also check idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get+over) so maybe it's not the best expression if you're talking about your favourite season
    – Grand Torini
    Dec 21, 2020 at 21:54
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    for the rest the sentence is fine, I'm not too clear on what's causing your doubts?
    – Grand Torini
    Dec 21, 2020 at 21:57
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    On winter evenings is more idiomatic than in winter evenings books.google.com/ngrams/…
    – Ronald Sole
    Dec 21, 2020 at 22:00

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It should be 'on winter evenings'.

We use "on" rather than "in" when speaking about a specific date, for example:

  • Yesterday, I watched TV in the evening.
  • I watched TV on the evening of December 21st.

Although your example does not specify a date, you do name the season 'winter', which acts as an adjective to the main noun 'evenings', so we use the same rule as with a date.

If the season is not acting as an adjective to the word 'evening', this rule would not apply, for example:

  • In summer, we would watch TV in the evenings.
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