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I've been in a foul mood lately
Well, not really, but I am kind of annoyed. It has been warm, bright and sunny, with blue skies and fleecy white clouds, and I hate it. Normally at this time of year my driveway is buried under snowpack, not to be seen again until sometime around Memorial Day. I'm a four seasons kind of guy, which might explain why I live 9000 feet up in the Rocky Mountains. Okay, maybe I'm a three seasons kind of guy, Spring, Fall, and Winter, we don't get much of a summer at this altitude. The temperature seldom rises out of the seventies, which is just fine by me. I love the snow, gray skies and biting wind, especially at this time of year. What have we got so far? Sun! The picture above, taken several Christmases ago from my deck is what it should look like. Worst part of it is the roads, they are dry, dusty, and severly washboarded.
Why Do We Dream of a White Christmas?
Somehow, snow at Christmas seems proper to me. I like snow, but don't really start wishing for it until Thanksgiving rolls around... and generally come March I've had my fill. As a child I can remember any gray December day being an occasion to fervently hope and pray for snow, and perhaps a day liberated from the public school system. When I lived in southern New Mexico, we would always head up into the mountains at Christmas looking for snow. Although one year it snowed all day on Christmas... didn't stick, but at least it snowed. So, why do we dream of a white Christmas? Have we been indoctrinated by years of reruns of Frosty the Snowman? Does the recitation of poems make us long for "the moon on the breast of new fallen snow"? I don't know, maybe it's me... do you dream of a white Christmas?
I'm dreaming of a white christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white christmas,
With every christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright,
And may all your christmases be white
Update
In the time between penning and posting this article, we have had, last weekend, four inches of snow. Not much, but at least it's a start. We also have a 60% chance of snow this Friday, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Cheers!
~Finntann
