Green grass and wet ground.
That is not a sight often seen on Christmas. The snowy days and early morning hot cocoas are what help set the Christmas season, but with no snow, winter doesn’t feel like winter at all.
There was little to no snow this Christmas, and even though it is something that cannot be controlled, it affects the Christmas spirit of many people.
“It made it feel less festive,” Alyssa Ryckman said.
Winter is a season of snowboarding, sledding and all sorts of fun activities that come along with it. But many of those activities cannot happen without their main ingredient, snow.
The snow shapes winter seasons and not only makes it more enjoyable, but also impacts businesses.
“I was planning on going snowboarding a lot over break, and the one time it finally snowed was when we had school,” Ryckman said.
The lack of snow has a lot to do with the earth’s rotation and climate. This makes it impossible for people to control the snow amounts and levels. The snow doesn’t seem all that important to some people until it is taken into consideration that it affects businesses and sports.
Ski lodges have suffered immensely. The lack of snowfall also leads to a decline in clientele, causing resorts and lodges to lose money.
These businesses rely solely on snow and the winter seasons as their source of income, and with days where skiing is not possible, it costs these resorts an insane amount of money.
For some people, winter is a nuisance and a liability. Making snow during the winter season is not something they particularly care for. For people like this, less snow is better and more enjoyable.
“The snow is sometimes pretty, but it is too cold and not for me,” Morgan Porter said.
Winter as a whole can be a very touchy subject for certain people and, for others, a blessing. This Christmas especially was extremely warm and snowless, making the break for students a little less exciting than usual.
