You need snow BEFORE Christmas, don't you agree?

And that's what we've had this week...twice! Not much, mind you, but enough to get you in the holiday mood...if you haven't been there since 85-degree September days when Macy's first hung their wreaths and garland. Yes, on my 11pm stroll, it was calming beyond belief to be outside in 29-degree, gusty temps, while an icy glaze of fresh, powdery snow covered the landscape, and people's twinkling Christmas trees shone through candle-decorated windows. THAT is a proper December evening in the Northeast United States.