
Every year I always have one wish…. for it not to snow until after my birthday. Now granted where I live that could be near impossible, but twice already I’ve had a birthday without snow… and today was the third time. When I was born my parents said there were blizzard like conditions going on outside; for nearly my entire life I thought I was born in the winter…. until I was in the 10th grade and realized it was still autumn when I was born.
I dislike snow, with a passion. It’s cold, it’s wet, and we have to live with it for at least six months of the year. We only get three months of summer like conditions if were lucky; then there is spring and autumn (autumn this year was pretty damn awesome!). Where I live the temperatures can get down right cold… arctic cold! January is our coldest month on record with temperatures getting low as -60ÂșC/F. Yes, that cold! I have eczema and the cold isn’t nice to my skin.
It didn’t snow today… until this evening. I had no snow on my birthday and it was wonderful! I looked outside around 5pm and the ground was covered in snow… it was time to turn on the Christmas lights. I think it’s here to stay. We have blue LED lights and they are so pretty! Quite a few houses on my block are decorated with lights, something that I haven’t seen since I was a kid (either too lazy or afraid they’ll get stolen).
I looked at the snow and felt all warm and cozy inside; it was so pretty out there and now I can finally get into the holiday mood. All I need for winter is just a touch of snow and mild winter temperatures; no six feet of snow or frigid temperatures.
Tomorrow we’re putting up the Christmas tree and hopefully, if we can find tie wires, we’re putting out the Christmas decorations outside.
Hopefully sometime in the upcoming weeks my sister and I can go to this. It’s an outdoor display of Christmas lights, and it is super pretty. My sister and I try to go every year. Last year we didn’t go because we wanted to take my grandmother and when she passed away December 1 of last year, we just were not in the Christmas spirit… not even on Christmas Day. The year before I took my grandmother and she absolutely loved it.
What I like about winter:
- Hot chocolate
- Ice skating (even though I can’t skate)
- Freshly fallen snow
- Christmas lights
- Mittens and scarves