Let it snow already!!
There is nothing worse than trying to get in the "holiday spirit" when there's not even any white stuff on the ground. It doesn't feel like Christmas to me and I don't feel like celebrating. I don't want to hear the music, see the decorations or feel the "joy" of the season.
See, snowflakes falling on my nose, cuddling up with some brandy on a white winter's day and snuggling up with my loved one and watching an old movie while all hell is breaking loose outside are what gets me feeling the warm and fuzzies.
The holidays just aren't the same without snow. I know that sometimes snow can be like a bad word in this city and I can understand why. We are a city of commuters and that means we are forced to get around in the stuff and boy oh boy can it get messy.
For me though, I grew up in the middle of nowhere in Nova Scotia and when there was too much snow on the ground, we just stayed home.
The wood stove would be burning and my grandma's cookies would be in the oven and as I forced the front door open, pushing away all of the snow that had blown up against it, and I would run outside and dive in head first. Throwing the snow up into the air, exciting my grandmother's poor dog beyond belief, and then just laying on my back and letting the snowflakes fall on my face. It's scenes like this that made me love winter, and it's because of this that I still do.
By the way that day playing in the snow was just two years ago. Since then both of my grandparents have passed away. I won't be able to smell my grandmother's cookies, or drive the dog crazy while flicking snow at him, but what I can do is lay back and remember those times as the snow falls on my face. For that though, I'll need some snow.
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