Dear Winter, I want snow.

December 26, 2006 | 11 comments

A few weeks ago, James wrote an open letter to winter. He told Winter that he hates it for all kinds of reasons: the power goes out, he missed some of The Office, because his family is stuck home most of the time.

I’m writing an open letter to Winter today with a different message: I want snow. Perhaps you could speak to your Cloud Battalions and send them my way. You see, where I’m at, there are two types of winter. One is the pretty kind: lots of white snow, perhaps some ice on the trees and hills. It’s really quite pleasant. It looks something like this:

Photo by dmushrush

The other kind is.. well, yucky. Lots and lots of rain. Lots and lots of cloudy weather. Lots and lots of mud. It looks a bit like this:

Now, the main difference between those pictures is, of course, temperature. If it’s cold enough you get the former. If it’s not cold enough, you get the latter. I also realize that eventually, I’ll end up with the latter. Even if it does snow, when spring comes, things will melt and be a bit muddy for a while. But really - if I’m going to have to deal with the overcast skies and muddy roadways, at least give me some pretty snow for a while. Make it worth my while. Have your Temperature Commanders turn things down a bit, please. I want to see pretty snowflakes falling, please!

Oh, and by the way, I haven’t lost my mind. Cloud Battallions? Temperature Commanders? Let me explain in brief: I’ve been reading The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor. The terminology is apparently seeping into my head. (And anyway, Cloud Battallions and Temperature Commanders sound kind of cool. They’d go wonderfully with the warring gods of winter and spring.)

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December 26, 2006 at 8:02 pm

thebemusedcapybara

haha. nice.

December 26, 2006 at 10:44 pm

Diana

I want snow too. I blame global warming!

December 27, 2006 at 2:24 am

Joshua J. Slone

The warring gods of winter and spring makes me think of Snow Miser and Heat Miser from A Year Without Santa Claus.

I know both of these winters well. Muddy winter is a lot uglier, but also much easier to drive in.

December 27, 2006 at 3:32 am

uneditedmara

I’ve been thinking of a way to bring snow to the Philippines. I hadn’t considered writing Winter a letter. Maybe I should go do that .. *takes out pen and paper*

December 27, 2006 at 8:41 am

Josh

Diana: Could be, yeah.
Slone: Okay, Heat Miser and Snow Miser were not at ALL what I was imagining. I was thinking more like giants.

It being the first winter I’ve had my license, I haven’t had the joys of driving in snow yet. Maybe I’ll change my tune after I’ve done so.

uneditedmara: Good luck! If you can get snow in the Philippines, I think I have a chance of getting my wish!

December 27, 2006 at 9:58 am

einefeistyberg

Ya want snow? I got snow! Three feet of snow and finally got out the driveway yesterday. ‘course it helps that I live within two hours of Cooper Ski area - training grounds for the 10th mountain division, cracker jack cross country ski battallion…

December 27, 2006 at 10:56 am

Clement