A white Christmas? More like a brown one.
Think back to all the Christmas and holiday movies you saw as a kid and for years after, maybe you still do, I know I do. What is one of the biggest common themes for holiday movies? Think New York City on Christmas Eve. Snow! Snow is one of the biggest foundational points for a successful Christmas whether that’s in a Christmas movie or more specifically a cold-weather state.
One of the only wins us cold climate livers get is our snowy Christmas’. In the face of tanned Floridians who sit poolside inside of by the fireplace, our biggest flex is our snow –even if we all know we secretly hate it–.
My love-hate relationship with Massachusetts goes deep and it’s not a simple fix but you know what really puts it on thin ice? The lack of a white Christmas. Coming from someone who nearly threw a hissy fit over the first snow in October wanting snow is very out of character but that just emphasizes how vital it really is! It’s not Massachusetts without our iconic snowstorms keeping kids out of school for weeks –assuming COVID didn’t take that from us too–.
New England in general is known to be some of the coldest regions in the country yet with a mix of global warming and maybe just plain bad luck, we’ve lacked and we have been for a few years now.
Now it would be one thing if this was Florida and a compromise of a warm Christmas means no snow year round but of course, with the luck of a New Englander we’ll get the snow a month before and a week after.
So the question is what is the goal? Praying to the snow gods of course. No, but really what is there for us to do? Try. Until government representatives make a real effort to fight climate change as global citizens options are limited but there are some that can make a difference when done in unison.
Below are links to support non-profits that work towards correcting climate change and more information about the topic.
NRDC: “We are on the frontlines every day waging fierce courtroom battles and hard-hitting campaigns in defense of our climate, public health, wildlife, and wild places. And we’ve been winning for half of a century.” https://act.nrdc.org/donate/donate-monthly?source=MRNRDCc3FR&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtqL-BRC0ARIsAF4K3WH59cj4_bbbhlnFJzmt92kBE_OBM5jYZcoLo84WGGH8zpCbk4Y302QaAq7hEALw_wcB
Coalition for Rainforest Nations: “Together, we help create the policies and tools for sustainable livelihoods that will protect our forests, biodiversity, animals, water supplies and our climate – the life support systems of our planet.” https://www.rainforestcoalition.org/donations/
Friends of The Earth International: “We campaign on today’s most urgent environmental and social issues. We challenge the current model of economic and corporate globalization, and promote solutions that will help to create environmentally sustainable and socially just societies.” https://www.foei.org/