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zzard this winter was stupid enough to take in the Christmas holidays. The second "North Easter" on Wednesday the boys had better luck: 30 inches of fresh snow, Princeton schools did tight. Snow Day! Although one has to be said: Here in New Jersey they are quite "chicken" with the snow. In New York do the students do not like this so easily. Although the city is further north and more rather than less snow would collect, it was there during the last 30 years all of five Snow Days (only two of them but in the past two years, which suggests a certain softness. This would be in, shall we say, not North Dakota's happening).
fall correspondingly costly from the rituals that will conjure up a lot of snow in NYC and thus a Snow Day: Raise the pajamas on inside out and rinsed Ice cubes down the toilet, running five times around the kitchen table and puts a bucket under the pillow. Voodoo-honored since the days of the Pilgrims. Futile, however, when Mayor Bloomberg: School takes place, he did know on Tuesday night - because in the classroom, the youth of the city is always better off than if they Orientation and aimlessly astray through the streets.
Well - aimlessly? I do not know how the children in New York so it, but here put at eight clock in the morning, the first eleven, with the
shovel snow off. Side effect: The sidewalk is Properly Snow-free (the streets, even side streets, which at this point long ago freigesalzt because Snow Days are only available for students, not employees). Original objective: a particularly high snow mountain, into which can dig into it later, an igloo with a complex system of tunnels. Proper tools found in the nearby garages, our trowel will hopefully emerge in the spring when the igloo melts. Such storms bring snow but also in the best of adult Americans revealed. At eight o'clock, I was barely out of bed, I heard a lawnmower. A lawn mower? View from the window: it was an "electricity-powered . Heavy-duty walk-behind snow blower, "pushed to German snow thrower, from our neighbors Rees has been slow in the Midwest lived;. As a little bit New Jersey snow has nothing to laugh And because he
was at it he has our section of the "sidewalk" milled off right with it knows, namely, that we poor Germans have otherwise spend hours plagued by snow shovel;. the man even has an extra long extension cord for his "blower" bought make it up to us over last. An hour later, Anne, his wife, also exposed our driveway. It then returned the favor as a helpful neighbor, for example, provided at noon with lunch and / or cocoa - by five or six children - including the son of Rees and Anne. That means five or six pairs of giant winter boots, snow pants, lots of wet gloves and hats in the hallway, slush everywhere and end of all bread and cookie supplies. But is necessarily part of a real Snow Day.
Well, of which there is, if I have La-N i understood ñ a phenomenon right to give this year a few more. Crit is only the fourth time: Fallen in a school year, more than three snow days will be deducted from the summer holidays. But two and a half months of summer vacation not so noticeable. And so a few unexpected holiday in the snow, it is always worth the.
Meanwhile, I also know that the best of all the neighbors at the first Blizzard, who had much more snow on the area to drop it, have mitgeräumt for us (since we were in Germany, shoveling snow at Grandma and Grandpa). This explains why we are actually entrusted with the "snow removal service" has sent an invoice: The Little People of Princeton were faster than the professionals.
Before you all now but thinks that Americans are always just nice to each other: you only wish a grumpy New York even after the 4th January, a cheerful "Happy New Year" - and an obscene remark is almost guaranteed. Michael Musto of The Village Voice least says :
- "Just like December 26 makes us suddenly safe from syrupy Christmas songs and TV movie reruns about small-Santa town miracles, it should January 4th be the last time anyone is legally allowed to say 'Happy New Year'. "
it was ten days late, you all at this point still wished a happy and healthy new year!
(Princeton Post XXXVI)
