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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAs a kid, were you Team Snowman, Team Snow Angel, Team Sled Riding or Team Snowball Fight. I am Team Sled Riding.
Pick one.
Polly Hennessey
(8,902 posts)debm55
(61,145 posts)Goonch
(5,373 posts)
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(61,145 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,461 posts)After the snowplow made a huge pile at the end of the street, wed start digging tunnels and building ramparts. Followed by epic snowball invasions.
Nittersing
(8,447 posts)After the plows went by, we'd build twin forts on either side of the drive... and tunnels if there was that much snow.
debm55
(61,145 posts)debm55
(61,145 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,835 posts)Especially with snowballs 😏
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(61,145 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,739 posts)debm55
(61,145 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,739 posts)boonecreek
(1,549 posts)I grew up in Chicago not too far from Humboldt Park which had a great sledding hill
where you ended up on the frozen lagoon after going between two huge trees.
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(61,145 posts)Goonch
(5,373 posts)Sledders can also take in lakeside views and enjoy a short walk to the waterfront.
Where: 4500 N Lake Shore Dr | Chicago
Humboldt Park Sledding Hill
Humboldt Park
Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Over on the west side, Humboldt Park boasts a sledding hill of its own known as Bunker Hill. Snow lovers can hit the slope and take a scenic stroll around the nearby lagoon.
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(61,145 posts)CTyankee
(68,337 posts)Growing up in Texas I would have LOVED making a snow angel or just having snow at all, esp. at Christmas. I felt deprived...
debm55
(61,145 posts)all of us.
CTyankee
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(61,145 posts)Dorothy V
(510 posts)and a carrot, one can make a Tumbleweed Man.
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(61,145 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(16,955 posts)I dabbled in sledding.
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(61,145 posts)justaprogressive
(7,040 posts)I wuz Team Toboggan!

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(61,145 posts)CrispyQ
(41,040 posts)One snow angel was all it took for me to be over with them, gettin' snow all over your back & down your pants if your shirt & coat hiked up while you were making the wings. Sledding is fun but there weren't a lot of hills in my area.
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(61,145 posts)livetohike
(24,357 posts)tomboy growing up
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(61,145 posts)LoisB
(13,196 posts)debm55
(61,145 posts)LoisB
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(61,145 posts)rurallib
(64,746 posts)who put that damned tree there?
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(61,145 posts)Aristus
(72,373 posts)During the Blizzard of 1977, the snow fell so deeply that we were able to construct a snow fort large enough to crawl around inside. We laid some plywood planking over the top, and piled more snow on for insulation. Great place to hang out with friends on a snowy day.
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(61,145 posts)snot
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(61,145 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,046 posts)I might add building a snow fort.
But, really wintertime was about basketball & bowling, mostly because they were played indoors!
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(61,145 posts)Emile
(42,818 posts)Hard work, but good money.
Team sled riding in my spare time.
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(61,145 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(11,360 posts)Being raised out in the country, we did not have others to have snowball fights with.
Fortunately, we had ice and one can sled on ice... it's more like sliding, but it worked.
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(61,145 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(11,360 posts)There was no steering when one slid on ice!
(We did not care...).