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21. I was raised in a small rural town with lots of snow every winter. Weren't we lucky to grow up with all the activities

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Mon Dec 8, 2025, 10:17 PM

Dec 8

snow provided! One of the best sledding hills in town was right by our house, so we could always pop in and warm up or get dry mittens. We went ice skating on the mill pond which was so much fun and thrilling playing “Crack the Whip”. Some kids skated on the river but we weren’t allowed to skate there because of the unevenness of the thickness of the ice. We made snow families and snow forts and had snow ball fights. We played a chasing snow game on the school playground called (I think) Fox and Goose. The plows would plow roads and parking lots and we would play games up and down those giant snow piles. Now I live where we don’t get much snow but I always love it when it happens. When I was teaching, so many kids wished for snow for Christmas. Thanks for stirring our snow memories 🩷🩷☃️❄️☃️❄️

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What outdoor activities did you do in the snow as a child or as an adult? I liked to build a snowman family.How about [View all] debm55 Dec 8 OP

All of them. Ocelot II Dec 8 #1

Wow, Ocelot II, you must really love the winter weather. Thank you very much. debm55 Dec 8 #3

Have always loved playing outdoors in the winter WestMichRad Dec 8 #2

Exactly, I could remember sweating when I was outside as a kid and cross country skiing at the golf course. debm55 Dec 8 #18

I recall a rather snowy stretch in North Philly in the early 60s BOSSHOG Dec 8 #4

Thank you very much BOSSHOG. Yes, it was dangerous, but I can tell in your post that you had one heck of a time doing it debm55 Dec 8 #22

Sledding, sledding, sledding PikaBlue Dec 8 #5

Thank you PikaBlue. I will include with the snow forts----SNOWBALL FIGHTS!!!!!!!!! debm55 Dec 8 #23

Me too, PikaBlue. Sledding🛷, sledding, sledding. Polly Hennessey Dec 8 #37

As an "adult" WmChris Dec 8 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author stopdiggin Dec 8 #8

Thank you very much WmChris for reminding us the dangers of heavy snow. You are are very great person for doing what you debm55 Dec 8 #24

I tossed this in the back of their truck... Nittersing Dec 9 #45

Nice gesture WmChris Dec 9 #47

We slid down hills on cardboard. SamKnause Dec 8 #7

Oh , SamKnause I love your post, I can feel the excitement of a young child experiencing the snow and the activities. debm55 Dec 8 #25

Just the hood. It wasn't attached to a car. SamKnause Dec 9 #41

Snow ice cream! Dear_Prudence Dec 8 #9

Thank you very much Dear_Prudence. for sharing that memory . I remember that so well. debm55 Dec 8 #27

I forgot to mention snow ice-cream in my post. SamKnause Dec 9 #42

actually did 'ice fishing' once or twice stopdiggin Dec 8 #10

HAHHAHHAHAHAHAH. never tried ice fishing. Did they have those little cabins with the open bottoms to fish through. Thank debm55 Dec 8 #17

Sledding, snowball fights, snow forts.... LogDog75 Dec 8 #11

That sounds wonderful LogDog75, I can tell by your post that you loved it. debm55 Dec 8 #16

I grew up in Los Angeles DBoon Dec 8 #12

Thank you very much, DBoon . Around Pittsburgh I don't think it is that high. Just our weather around here. PS Some debm55 Dec 8 #15

Sled riding! johnp3907 Dec 8 #13

Yes, sled riding. Thank you johnp3907. Sled riding!!! I lived near a hill called the double dip. You would go down the debm55 Dec 8 #14

Boot hockey on a nearby pond JMCKUSICK Dec 8 #19

Thank you very much, John. That sounds interesting as I near learned how to skate. debm55 Dec 8 #20

Booting!!! Nittersing Dec 9 #46

Thank you very much, Nittersing. I tried to skate but I had/have very weak ankles. debm55 Dec 9 #50

I was raised in a small rural town with lots of snow every winter. Weren't we lucky to grow up with all the activities KitFox Dec 8 #21

Thank you, KitFox. loved the joy in your post. I am glad you posted. You bought back the memory to me of climbing up the debm55 Dec 8 #28

It doesn't snow where I live, so nothing. Basso8vb Dec 8 #26

Sorry , Basso8vb. But you can share the fun by reading the posts and sharing with our days in the snow. debm55 Dec 8 #29

I had the fastest sled, gab13by13 Dec 8 #30

Thank you gab13by13 . But I can see the younger you, waxing up the runners, going down the steep hill with the cold wind debm55 Dec 8 #33

You are a visionary, gab13by13 Dec 8 #39

That was a great idea. Ty gab13by13. debm55 Dec 9 #51

Skiing & hockey GP6971 Dec 8 #31

Thank you very much, GP6971.for sharing. Thosw are wonderful winter activities. debm55 Dec 9 #53

We used to bomb down steep snowy hills on stolen cafeteria trays. WestMichRad Dec 8 #32

We did that too, at Penn State. No alcohol. Pure joy. Thank you my friend, WestMichRad. debm55 Dec 8 #35

When I was little oberle Dec 8 #34

Thank you very much, oberle. Sled riding at night sounds wonderful and dreamy. debm55 Dec 9 #56

Flying saucers, metal back then plastic now. sheshe2 Dec 8 #36

Thank you so much sheshe2 for sharing with us. It sounds delightful . I tried to make an igloo. but was never successful debm55 Dec 9 #57

Also enjoyed the snow - still do. Bavorskoami Dec 8 #38

Thank you very much Bavorskoami. You still have the child in you that enjoys the wonders of winter. debm55 Dec 9 #58

Been skiing since I was 3 pfitz59 Dec 9 #40

Wonderful , thank you for sharing with us, Pfitz59. debm55 Dec 9 #60

Sledding, snowball fights, ice skating.... electric_blue68 Dec 9 #43

Thank you very much for sharing with us electric_blue.68. You had a lot of activities and cousins to have winter fun. debm55 Dec 9 #48

Definitely lucky to have them! electric_blue68 Dec 9 #65

You're welcome debm55 Dec 9 #66

Same things as in the summers in sunny Florida :) lostnfound Dec 9 #44

lostnfound. a child lives in all of us. I love how you are doing your winter activities now.Love, deb debm55 Dec 9 #49

My mom who put my twin brother and I in snowsuits and put us outside applegrove Dec 9 #52

Thank you very much applegrove for sharing the memories of you winter activities as a child. debm55 Dec 9 #55

Skating on the pond. Sneederbunk Dec 9 #54

Thank you very much, Sneederbunk. I always wished I could skate. While watching my friends it always seemed so graceful debm55 Dec 9 #61

Toboggan Rides ProfessorGAC Dec 9 #59

thank you very much, ProfessorGAC. That toboggan run sounds exciting. Would have loved to try it. debm55 Dec 9 #62

Ride our sleds down the street get the red out Dec 9 #63

Thank you very much , get the red out , for sharing your childhood memory of sled riding. Beautiful memories my friend. debm55 Dec 9 #64

Living all my life in Minnesota, LakeVermilion Dec 9 #67

Dear Lake Vermilion , shoveling snow is very good, Dare I say terrific. Let your inner child out and make a small debm55 Dec 9 #68

I could make a snowman. Tried skiing but I couldn't stop and would fall. Tried ice skating and the same thing. TommieMommy Dec 9 #69

Thank you TommieMommy . You sound like me--no ice skating, no down skiing but I did do cross country skiing. Its more debm55 Dec 9 #70