Countdown to Christmas-Our Winter Wonderland

Dec 21, 2010 by cafebebemama

The UK is blanketed under inches and inches (or centimetres and centimetres if you’re English) of snow. It’s not the normal Christmas scene here. In fact, in the 5 1/2 years that I have spent Christmas here, only the last two have been snowy.

Of course, being from Wisconsin in the US, it’s not a proper Christmas for me unless there’s snow. I watch gleefully when the snow is falling and marvel at its beauty while the rest of the country curses and panics. I am fully capable of driving in a white-out blizzard and have done sp on a number of occasions in the Midwest of the US. I know what snow is. Usually I would say, this is not snow but finally, this Christmas, the snow in England is worthy of being classified as snow.

I am, however, gobsmacked over the almost complete inability of this country to function in the snow. I know, I know…there hasn’t been this amount and type of snow for AGES. Still, we know it’s coming. We know that people still need to get to work and go on holiday. Yet each of the past two winters, the country has ground to a halt over some fluffy white stuff. RIDICULOUS! I would be happy to put in a word with the State of Wisconsin or Minneapolis International Airport (in Minnesota…another winter weather state) to see if they can send over some trainers to teach England how to cope with a bit of snow. I’m sure they would be happy to oblige! And I believe that if we took a few thousand pounds off of the salaries of each and every MP in the UK, snow plows could be purchased to handle the snow and get people back to work. A much better use of our tax dollars don’t you think?

Anyway, I digress! While the majority of the UK is covered in beautiful, white snow, my corner of Cambridgeshire/Lincolnshire is virtually devoid of snow. We had a few flurries on Friday which left us with ground cover but it has now been replaced with a very thick covering of hoar frost. And that’s it! Unbelievable really. I think there’s a bubble over our corner of the Shires! It is a gorgeous scene that has greeted us the last two mornings though and I thought I would share that with you today. I give you…Our Winter Wonderland. And as ever this month, enjoy the 100+ links below for more views of Christmas in the blogosphere.