Ok.  This is a very strange problem with my car.  I have an idea what's
wrong with it but I know almost nothing about cars.

My car battery drains completely in the winter over a period of about 2
days.  I've remedied the problem by disconnecting the red connection on
the battery when I'm not using the car and the battery does not drain.
I bought a new battery not long after I bought the car (2 years ago) so
I don't think that has anything to do with it.

The strange part is that in the summer I can leave it the red
connection on the battery on for a week without using my car and it
works fine, starts right up.  So in the summer my car works perfectly.

Since I've found a way around the problem I haven't taken it to a shop
to get it fixed.  I think the problem is that there's some open wire
that's being grounded from touching the frame of the car.  This is the
second year I've had the car and this has only been a problem in the
winter.  It's gotten progressively worse as well.  It used to be that I
could just drive it around every day in the winter and it'd be fine but
now I can't even do that it seems.  It is also very difficult to jump
at this point.  We've been unsuccessful jumping it.  We actually have
to disconnect the battery itself and charge the battery and then
reconnect it to jump it.  I'd like to take it to a mechanic soon but I
don't even know where they'd start or where to find the spot it's
grounded to the car, if that's even the problem.  Has anyone had a
similar situation or know enough about cars to give me some idea of
what's wrong?

Thanks!
Renee