The Effect of Snow

There's nothing quite like the first snowfall. No matter how much you want to hate it because you know that when it's April and the snow's still there you'll be dying for a patch of grass you can't help but sigh and think, "wow, it's beautiful". When the snow blankets the ground, white and pure before it's turned into slush by the cars, it just gives you this good feeling. It might not be the snow itself but when you look at it out your window thoughts of hot chocolate, christmas carols, and family come to mind. Snow gives everything a special light as well, bright but cloudy at the same time. From now until Christmas people will get nicer and  happier than they ever are the rest of the year. There's just something about Christmas that makes people want to be nice. It makes them want to be caring and generous to everyone, especially those who are less fortunate than them. If only this feeling would last year round the world would be a much nicer place but once the presents are open, the decorations taken down, and the snow turned to brown the spell is broken and people go back to exactly how they were before. This fact is sad but if only for a month people help each other out, it's a little easier to make it through the year until it comes again.

Jenn