The First Snowfall of the Year

The First Snowfall of the Year

 

            Winter is my absolute favorite time of the year. It is the one time where everywhere you go all you see are the trees covered with the wonderful white snow and it is so bright outside. As a kid you are praying every morning and every night to have at least a two hour delay if not a snow day. On snow day the nearest hill is filled with kids piling on sleds and being reckless, but they don’t care as long as they are having fun! After a long day in the snow and you are forced to come in due to the frostbit you swear you have on your toes and fingers. When you walk in the doors of your house feeling the rush of warmth while you are trying to get those hundreds of layers of clothes off so you don’t suffer of heat stroke! You get a wonder surprise of delicious hot chocolate over flowing with marshmallows because your mother knows that’s the way you like it.
 

            Something I don’t understand is how you can hate a season? Whether it is fall, winter, spring or summer I just don’t get it. Yes I understand how old people don’t like the extreme winters because they are already cold enough as it is , which is why a lot of grandparents are what we call snowbirds and go south for the winters just like birds. Hence the birds in snowbirds. As a child and not liking snow the only explanation I can come up with is that is how you were raised. Being a kid and not liking snow is just a childhood fun sucker! Kids in Florida die to see snow and then there is you, living up here where we have wonderful snow filled winters and you hate it.

 

            The first snow fall of the year is either a really good day or a dreadful day, depending on who you are. For me I wake up with the biggest smile on my face and can’t wait to get outside and others just wish it was spring already. Last year was a terrible winter for me because we had hardly any snow and I couldn't go sledding at all and I didn't get to go to Sundown once to snowboard because there was no snow. The worst thing of all was that we didn't even have a white Christmas so it didn't even feel right to be celebrating it. (418)