Snowing is a one of the few magical occurrences on our planet.  What else can materialize out of the sky float down in a meandering fashion, and then lightly land on the ground like it was meant to be there all along? 

As you can tell, I like snow, it’s one of my life’s little enjoyments.  Here are the free things that you can do with snow: 

• Sled Riding (the cheap cousin of skiing)
• Build a Snowman (my kids love doing this)
• Build a Snow Fort!  Another thing my son loves.
• Snowball fights, great fun for me and my kids
• Making Snow Angels
• Snowball chase (my dog loves to chase after a thrown snowball, or catch it in the air… very funny)
• Walking at night on a lightly lit sidewalk (this is great, and in my neighborhood, always reminds me of something out of a Norman Rockwell painting).
• Snow ramps (yes, this is used with sled riding)
• Tubing (this is dangerous, when being pulled being a car, or quad-runner!)
• Sliding in the car in a empty parking lot (we did this as kids, I’m not sure if it’s legal or not so beware)
• Drive around surrounding neighborhood, it makes them look great, especially when you run across the occasional house that still has there Christmas light on.  The way the lights shine underneath the snow looks like a snow spotlight of color.  Our kids love this effect.

Other more pricey things you can do in snow are: 

• Downhill skiing
• Cross country skiing
• Snowboarding
• Snowmobiling

I like perfectly cold, windless night (maybe 25 degrees Fahrenheit), when the dry snow (dry snow means the snow is in a more pure crystalline form with no melting, so snowballs are hard to make) is falling lightly and the flakes are big and fluffy!  During these night I like to go on walks around my neighborhood.  It’s beautiful, it reminds me of a scene that would be perfect for a Norman Rockwell painting.  The nights are quiet on these perfect snow days.  The air is pure and crisp, no smells of any type.  It’s a great time to think during these special walks.  I’m always amazed I don’t see more people from the neighborhood out during this perfect nights, I wonder if they aren’t aware of how perfect this precious time is?  Maybe the ones that do that this is perfect snow are skiing?  I know that thoughts of skiing pop in my head when I go on walks during these times.  The fond memories that float in and out of my head during these walks are of skiing, tobogganing, ice skating, backyard hockey, snowmobiling and snow wars… 

Perhaps I find snow magical because it is part of my past that I identify with.  The best part of snow is that it’s free entertainment, if you take advantage of it.