It seems strange for the Interior of British Columbia, but for the last two previous years, the Robson Valley experienced “green” Christmases. Yep, Christmas arrived and still we had grass in our yard, instead of snow. Fortunately, this year we seem to be back to what used to be normal: A “white” Christmas.
Yesterday, we already had about 6 inches or more of snow on the ground, and it began snowing again. I had been clearing my driveway several days in a row.
We were having some friends over for Christmas Eve, and by yesterday afternoon, looking out of the window, I started to become concerned because the snow was coming down fairly thickly. At 3:30, I decided I had better do something about all of the snow that had fallen, so I got out the snow blower and cleared the driveway of the 4 inches (10cm) that had fallen.
By 6:00 when our friends started to arrive, it was still snowing hard, and they told us of how bad the unplowed roads had been for their drive over to our house. We had a good gathering with a lot of tasty food, and interesting conversations. When the gathering wrapped up and everyone started to leave, there was another 4 inches of fresh snow on the driveway and everything else outside. As our friends were gathering up their dishes, and putting on their winter gear, I was outside brushing the snow off of their vehicles and scraping the ice from their windshields. That took a lot longer than I thought.
It looks like we will be spending Christmas day doing dishes. Once the kitchen is cleaned up, I will be getting the snowblower back out to clean the driveway again, but I am still happy to have a white, normal-looking, Christmas.
The snow did blow in some colder temperatures too. It was -16°C (3°F) this morning.
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