We had some of the BEST snow days back in the late 70's! One year, we got over 4 feet of snow overnight. Right before Christmas. Those snow forts we built for snowball fights with the kids across the street. Good times, good times. 😊
Sounds like the same kind of snow storm we had in Eugene OR 68-69 4' of snow and only one snow plow in the city 😆 Snow tunnels and snowball fights with the kids across the street. ❤️
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I grew up in the 50's 60's and 70's. snow days were so much fun. All we had was radio it listen to for school closures. I remember when toboggans were the new kids on the block...lol......
School closures announced by radio was always so exciting. Waking up to snow and waiting by the radio, for the announcer to call your county's name, that school was cancelled. IIRC the '78 snowstorm cancelled the schools in my area for 3 or 4 days.
I still have my toboggan! With the padding and all ropes intact! I honestly forgot I had it and recently found it standing against the wall behind my hoarding pile of boxes of stuff I’ll never use. I’ve got grandkids ranging from 5 yrs to 19 years and you can bet I’ll bring it out next Winter. Our much older cousin used-to pull us on it behind his snowmobile and once his pickup truck around our country neighborhood streets and we went into some mailbox posts, lucky for us the tow rope snapped immediately or it could have turned out bad. Cheers!
Blizzard of 78, I was 10yrs old. Massachusetts was a winter wonderland. The snow was so high, we figured out how to climb onto the neighbors roof, and jump off into the snow drifts until the neighbors mother came out screaming that we were crazy. I think we had at least 5 days off from school and a state of emergency was declared. It must have been a nightmare for the adults, but us kids were having the time of our lives, staying outside all day not coming back home until we were either hurt, half frozen, or hungry, haha. The plastic bread bags on the feet made me laugh, that was definitely a thing back then.
Blizzard of 78 in Massachusetts my dad was a truck driver and couldn’t get home for 2 days. I was only 5 years old but I remember the snow was so high ☺️
I remember that storm. I was living in western Kentucky and was 11 years old. We made a series of snow people, an igloo with a plywood top and there were tunnels all over the property. I can't remember how many soggy socks we went through (from both our hands and feet after our gloves and mittens were soaked) but it was a great week. Only 5 of us were old enough to play out for long periods of time but I'm sure our parents were glad we were having fun. Friends from high school told me years later that the Ohio River froze over and a bunch of them walked across to Evansville.🤣
I lived in Florida so not many snow days. My senior year in 77 they did close the high school because it snowed in Winter Park Florida and the heaters couldn't keep up. Had to walk back home that morning and cold was an understatement. I am happy for all those that got out of school for snow days!
Not only do I remember Chicago's blizzard of 78/79, I also remember a tiny bit about the blizzard of 67. I remember my Mom taking me outside to play in the snow and it was so deep, that you couldn't see any of the cars parked on the street, only the radio antennas could be seen sticking up out of the snow.
The only ritual we had as kids when the schools were closed because of snow was needing to shovel our long driveway to the street and then needing to go back to shovel again when the snow plow came by and swept the snow back at the end of our driveway so we had to shovel again. The only good thing was that our mom would have a steaming cup of hot chocolate waiting for us when we were all finished. It was such a treat!
Our house at the bottom of the tallest in town, so naturally our house was the warming station for the neighborhood kids. My mom would have hot chocolate warming all day and possibly fresh baked bread or cookies for us while our gloves and socks dryed on the heater. I loved snow days!
You mentioned that today snow days aren't as rare as back then. I remember the blizzard that changed it. Locals call it "the blizzard of '77" and still talk about it today. Back then the snow had to actually be falling and falling hard for them to close schools. There had been predictions of a huge blizzard but at the start of the school day it hadn't started yet. That soon changed. I was in grade 9. I had never before seen them close school in the middle of the day. Once classes had started you were there for the day. So you know it had to be bad when the principal announced that the school would be closing at lunch time. When I went to catch my schoolbus it was snowing so heavy that I couldn't see it just feet in front of me. Idk how the driver got us home safely that day since you couldn't even see the road, but somehow she did. Some schools closed too late and staff and students were stranded for days. We were off school for a full week because it took that long for roads to be safe for travel. Entire houses were buried up to or near the roof. There was a story on the news where a police officer had tripped over a car antenna sticking out of the snow by 6 inches. She had reason to believe someone may be inside so they dug it out, only to find another car under it. When they dug the second car out they found a third car under that one! After that storm they started closing schools if the storms were predicted, even if it wasn't actually snowing yet.
@@eph2vv89only1way We lost power for 18 days so that one was worse for us. We stayed with family on a main road so their power came on before our's did. What state were you in for the ice storm?
During the winter 1977/78, we had so many snow days we had to come in on a few Saturdays to make up the "required' number of days the school had to be open.
I lived in Western New York for the big snow and ice storm that hit Buffalo in the 70's. My Mom had come home from a hysterectomy the day before, and my grandparents were visiting from Michigan to help care for us kids. The heavy ice snapped a power line that hit the basement and set our house on fire during the night. Half the interior of the house was destroyed, along with all of my grandparents luggage. I remember a firefighter got a couple of my dolls for me in the aftermath, and their faces were covered with smoke. All these years later, I still remember the smell. The smell of an electrical fire is very different from a wonderful bonfire. As for the snow, I remember wearing the bread bags in my boots to make them waterproof, and all the layers of clothes. We would dig tunnels under the snow but I was always scared of a cave-in so I never went in more than a couple feet. Our neighborhood was full of kids so we'd play outside all day, and there was nothing better than the hot chocolate waiting for us inside! I also remember visiting my grandparents at their lake house in Michigan in the winters. Grandpa would pull us in a sled behind the snowmobile on the frozen lake and it was so fun!
My God I remember this I was 10 they were saying in philadelphia was only getting maybe 2 inches and the next day it was so bad coming down so fast. School were closed. What a day, one of the best
We listened w bated breath for our county to be named on the snow day list. It very rarely came. Even tho we had just as much as the neighboring counties. But when they did call it you never heard such joy from 3 kids !
I remember suggesting hot chocolate and wound up a host at my house as they took my suggestion as an invitation. Fortunately, my parents were understanding and made hot chocolate for my friends. If we didn't have built in snow days, we'd pay for them in June!
I remember the excitement of watching the storm closures scrolling across the screen, and the agony of going to school further into June to make up for snow day absences. Winter of 79’ we had so much snow drift up on the East side of our house that we built a network of tunnels so complex that we even built in secret rooms. We borrowed a dozen candle sticks from the dining room hutch and fashioned a way with little out cropping’s to hold each candle. Between our body heat and candles the temperature became very manageable to spend hours inside. We almost made it half of a night sleeping in the tunnels one night with sleeping bags but when your clothes and jackets are wet from a day spent on bellies and knees eventually the deep chill became unbearable. We were ones to always want to sleep outside whether in tents or forts. This video nailed it on the emotions that came into play for exciting snow days.
I grew up in Kenton Ohio and the Blizzard 🥶❄️🥶🥶❄️ of 78 me and all my friends had plenty of fun snowy days I liked riding inner tubes down hills amazing how fast they are.
We lived by railroad tracks that were raised up high on a hill which made for good snow mountains. All the kids in the neighborhood would bring anything they could to slide on down that hill. Ironing boards, cardboard, garbage can lids, you name it. My brothers and I would come in the house and my mom would put the oven on and we would warm our frozen feet up by resting them on the open oven door. Mom supervised of course.
The April 1973 snowstorm in Iowa- we got THREE snow days out of that one. But other than that storm, we never, ever knew we'd get a snow day until the morning of the snow day. It's still that way to this day.
When I lived up north in Mackenzie BC the buses could not operate below -35 C but schools remained open for "babysitting" now the first day of spring is here!...lol Snow in Mackenzie would get over top of the street signs....kids still walked to school in shorts and t shirts.....🤣
Back in the 60's we got snow days and we were stuck in the house because it was not fit for man or beast outside. When the storm ended it still was bitterly cold and windy, making shoveling snow a huge pain. They ended up being a break from school, but no fun. It was days later after the city cleaned the streets when we had all these piles of dumped snow we could make forts with because there were many chunks to build with.
Blizzard of 1978 in Connecticut 🥶 I was 18 My friend Governor Ella T. Grasso shut down the entire state for a week. Only Police &emergency vehicles were allowed on the roads . My best friend Bob Diazio drove to my house in a 4 W.D. Ford van full of tools , a snowmobile , snow blower , coolers of beer & food etc. And we went out helping people shovel their front doors out from snowdrifts & getting thier cars unstuck from drifts on the highway , giving essential workers a ride to work etc. We did this just to Get out from cabin fever , help people & have fun . So many people were giving us tips that when we counted it all up , we had over a $1000.00 A cop pulled us over & we opened up the back doors to show him we were helping people . He looked at all the equipment & coolers , Smiled and said good job guys !
I was in grade school. I don't think it was 1979 but earlier and it was a blizzard in NYC. I remember looking out my window and watching it snow. I watched TV all day. I remember. I also remember going outside at Great Lakes NS Illinois in the early 80s to score. The car actually started and I drove it. It was so cold it stopped snowing that day. I heard on the TV it was -80 wind chill, lol.
...the ONLY reason we had an AM radio in the house when I was growing up in the 50s & 60s was for the announcements for snow days - otherwise it was never turned on - in fact the radio was a 'clock radio' - a red radio that was hung on the kitchen wall...
GREAT VIDEO!! GROWING UP IN THE 60S YOUR TELLING THE TRUTH,, THE OLD RADIO OR TV SAYING NO SCHOOL WE WILL EAT THEN GO SLEDDING ,, IF IT WOULD BE A SCHOOL DAY I WOULD CALL A FRIEND AND SAY HEY FAKE SICK,, I AM,, THEN THE MOM AND DAD ARE GONE TO WORK AND I AM OUT PLAYING ,, TELLING GRANDMA PLEASE DONT TELL A COUPLE OF TIMES SHE SAID SHEVEL MY WALK AND I WONT TELL AND I WILL MAKE COCO, AND BREAKFAST.. THEN PLAYING,, YA!!!
I Was A Senior In High School In 1979 When We Had The CRAZIEST Snow Day Ever - Heavy Wet Mid-December Snow Piled Up On The Flat Roof Of Our School Building In Boulder, Colorado & Collapsed It! The Building Was Not Safe To Enter For Several Weeks So During That Time, When Christmas Vacation Was Over & We We Went Back To Classes - We Used The CU Campus Before Students Returned There For Spring Term! ONLY IN BOULDER!!😳
Do you remember the red fiberglass dinner trays? We'd use those to slide down the hill, forget the sled. You'd go down the hill like a dive bomber. I'm still looking for those in thrift stores for my kids/grandkids.
All I remember about snow days when we eat snow cream does anybody remember that I remember the snow blizzard of 79 all of us had four wheel drives drove the nurses home and back to work because they couldn't get there because of the snow I remember getting pulled on a sled behind the truck it was dangerous but it was fun
I grew up in California and a warmer part so we only had one day in 1976 that it snowed down to our level! It only stayed on lawns, trees and roofs - not the streets or sidewalks so we went to school. As tragic timing was this was the day my sixth grade class was scheduled to go tour the junior high we'd be attending the next year! When we got back to school some punk high school kids had taken the majority of the snow on the main lawns of the playgrounds - acting like they were building some kind of fortress! That didn't last long because the principal and some male teachers were called on to kick them out! Haha!
T home, it was scooping our patio and waiting for someone to blade open our driveway on a dead end road. But damn if sledding down our banks and hills wasn't fun. Lived on a farm, so not a lot of neighbors. But at my grandparents place,we'd go to the park and play in the mounds puked up by the plow trucks. Fun to dig snow tunnels in.
We got the blizzard of 78/79 here in Chicago. It was great but we had to go back to school earlier than public school due our school only being two blocks away and it was catholic so the nuns were right next door. Public school didn't go back until a week later they were laughing at us because we had to go back. But lol we got even due to being out a week they had to stay at school for another week but we were already out for summer vacation lol 😅
Puffy jackets dont do shit. Then puffy ain't so puffy when it's wet. AND SNOW IS WET, yeah it looks pretty out there and you might even get that deceptive powder stuff... But it's wet.
We had some of the BEST snow days back in the late 70's! One year, we got over 4 feet of snow overnight. Right before Christmas. Those snow forts we built for snowball fights with the kids across the street. Good times, good times. 😊
Sounds like the same kind of snow storm we had in Eugene OR 68-69 4' of snow and only one snow plow in the city 😆
Snow tunnels and snowball fights with the kids across the street. ❤️
Oh Yeah!! The forts and igloos were a blast!
1978/1979
@Moona 1966...Great memories...You still remember them 40+ years later...Happy holidays to you, and your family...
@@laidyeh And to you and yours! 💜
The winters of the 70's were so awesome. I'd wait forever to see my school on the ticker. Wish I could go back❣️😊
Thank you for the memories.
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I wish I could go back too. The 70s were the best time to grow up.
I grew up in the 50's 60's and 70's. snow days were so much fun. All we had was radio it listen to for school closures. I remember when toboggans were the new kids on the block...lol......
School closures announced by radio was always so exciting. Waking up to snow and waiting by the radio, for the announcer to call your county's name, that school was cancelled. IIRC the '78 snowstorm cancelled the schools in my area for 3 or 4 days.
I was in middle school during the blizzard years of the 70s. We only got our school closings by radio. What fun times. We play outside too!!!
I still have my toboggan! With the padding and all ropes intact! I honestly forgot I had it and recently found it standing against the wall behind my hoarding pile of boxes of stuff I’ll never use. I’ve got grandkids ranging from 5 yrs to 19 years and you can bet I’ll bring it out next Winter. Our much older cousin used-to pull us on it behind his snowmobile and once his pickup truck around our country neighborhood streets and we went into some mailbox posts, lucky for us the tow rope snapped immediately or it could have turned out bad. Cheers!
Blizzard of 78, I was 10yrs old. Massachusetts was a winter wonderland. The snow was so high, we figured out how to climb onto the neighbors roof, and jump off into the snow drifts until the neighbors mother came out screaming that we were crazy. I think we had at least 5 days off from school and a state of emergency was declared. It must have been a nightmare for the adults, but us kids were having the time of our lives, staying outside all day not coming back home until we were either hurt, half frozen, or hungry, haha. The plastic bread bags on the feet made me laugh, that was definitely a thing back then.
Same here Steve, I was 11 and it was heaven!
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Blizzard of 78 in Massachusetts my dad was a truck driver and couldn’t get home for 2 days. I was only 5 years old but I remember the snow was so high ☺️
I remember that storm. I was living in western Kentucky and was 11 years old. We made a series of snow people, an igloo with a plywood top and there were tunnels all over the property. I can't remember how many soggy socks we went through (from both our hands and feet after our gloves and mittens were soaked) but it was a great week. Only 5 of us were old enough to play out for long periods of time but I'm sure our parents were glad we were having fun.
Friends from high school told me years later that the Ohio River froze over and a bunch of them walked across to Evansville.🤣
I lived in Florida so not many snow days. My senior year in 77 they did close the high school because it snowed in Winter Park Florida and the heaters couldn't keep up. Had to walk back home that morning and cold was an understatement. I am happy for all those that got out of school for snow days!
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Not only do I remember Chicago's blizzard of 78/79, I also remember a tiny bit about the blizzard of 67. I remember my Mom taking me outside to play in the snow and it was so deep, that you couldn't see any of the cars parked on the street, only the radio antennas could be seen sticking up out of the snow.
I remember 78/79. Really special memories
Growing up in upstate NY I loved snow days.
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I also grew up in upstate New York. Snow days were fantastic.
@@razorsedge5145 Blizzard of ‘78 I missed-I was living in Phoenix and laughing my ass off at the people having to deal with it.
I loved this so nostalgic ❤
The only ritual we had as kids when the schools were closed because of snow was needing to shovel our long driveway to the street and then needing to go back to shovel again when the snow plow came by and swept the snow back at the end of our driveway so we had to shovel again. The only good thing was that our mom would have a steaming cup of hot chocolate waiting for us when we were all finished. It was such a treat!
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Yes indeed. Times were much simpler. We had the blizzard of 1979 the last week in March.
Ours was in February of that year...
I remember them snow days when I was in school it was so fun watching my schools name on the tv.
I was there, 3000 years ago. It was the storm of the century. We dug tunnels in the snow from the house to the street, so we could meet our friends.
Our house at the bottom of the tallest in town, so naturally our house was the warming station for the neighborhood kids. My mom would have hot chocolate warming all day and possibly fresh baked bread or cookies for us while our gloves and socks dryed on the heater. I loved snow days!
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5:30 The trashcan lids were actually better than sleds!
One time though, I fell off one and it went down the hill ahead of me, never to be seen again!
You mentioned that today snow days aren't as rare as back then. I remember the blizzard that changed it. Locals call it "the blizzard of '77" and still talk about it today.
Back then the snow had to actually be falling and falling hard for them to close schools. There had been predictions of a huge blizzard but at the start of the school day it hadn't started yet. That soon changed.
I was in grade 9. I had never before seen them close school in the middle of the day. Once classes had started you were there for the day. So you know it had to be bad when the principal announced that the school would be closing at lunch time.
When I went to catch my schoolbus it was snowing so heavy that I couldn't see it just feet in front of me. Idk how the driver got us home safely that day since you couldn't even see the road, but somehow she did.
Some schools closed too late and staff and students were stranded for days. We were off school for a full week because it took that long for roads to be safe for travel.
Entire houses were buried up to or near the roof. There was a story on the news where a police officer had tripped over a car antenna sticking out of the snow by 6 inches. She had reason to believe someone may be inside so they dug it out, only to find another car under it. When they dug the second car out they found a third car under that one!
After that storm they started closing schools if the storms were predicted, even if it wasn't actually snowing yet.
They'll talk about the ice storm of 2009 the same way we did in the snw storm of 1978! I've never seen drifts so high since.
@@maggiesays7827 idk. I lived through both. The ice storm was nothing compared to the blizzard. At least here, anyway
@@eph2vv89only1way We lost power for 18 days so that one was worse for us. We stayed with family on a main road so their power came on before our's did.
What state were you in for the ice storm?
@@maggiesays7827 18 days is definitely a long time! Shockingly long (no pun intended)! I see where you are coming from with your comment!
@@eph2vv89only1way More than you know! I stayed with my parents. Pop is great but my mom is no picnic.🙄
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During the winter 1977/78, we had so many snow days we had to come in on a few Saturdays to make up the "required' number of days the school had to be open.
I lived in Western New York for the big snow and ice storm that hit Buffalo in the 70's. My Mom had come home from a hysterectomy the day before, and my grandparents were visiting from Michigan to help care for us kids. The heavy ice snapped a power line that hit the basement and set our house on fire during the night. Half the interior of the house was destroyed, along with all of my grandparents luggage. I remember a firefighter got a couple of my dolls for me in the aftermath, and their faces were covered with smoke. All these years later, I still remember the smell. The smell of an electrical fire is very different from a wonderful bonfire.
As for the snow, I remember wearing the bread bags in my boots to make them waterproof, and all the layers of clothes. We would dig tunnels under the snow but I was always scared of a cave-in so I never went in more than a couple feet. Our neighborhood was full of kids so we'd play outside all day, and there was nothing better than the hot chocolate waiting for us inside! I also remember visiting my grandparents at their lake house in Michigan in the winters. Grandpa would pull us in a sled behind the snowmobile on the frozen lake and it was so fun!
I grew up in WNY, sledding down the reservoir was the best!
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My God I remember this I was 10 they were saying in philadelphia was only getting maybe 2 inches and the next day it was so bad coming down so fast. School were closed. What a day, one of the best
We listened w bated breath for our county to be named on the snow day list. It very rarely came. Even tho we had just as much as the neighboring counties. But when they did call it you never heard such joy from 3 kids !
I remember suggesting hot chocolate and wound up a host at my house as they took my suggestion as an invitation. Fortunately, my parents were understanding and made hot chocolate for my friends.
If we didn't have built in snow days, we'd pay for them in June!
Oh I remember that somewhat. My mom has pictures of me and my sister out in the snow after the blizzard.
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I remember the excitement of watching the storm closures scrolling across the screen, and the agony of going to school further into June to make up for snow day absences. Winter of 79’ we had so much snow drift up on the East side of our house that we built a network of tunnels so complex that we even built in secret rooms. We borrowed a dozen candle sticks from the dining room hutch and fashioned a way with little out cropping’s to hold each candle. Between our body heat and candles the temperature became very manageable to spend hours inside. We almost made it half of a night sleeping in the tunnels one night with sleeping bags but when your clothes and jackets are wet from a day spent on bellies and knees eventually the deep chill became unbearable. We were ones to always want to sleep outside whether in tents or forts. This video nailed it on the emotions that came into play for exciting snow days.
I grew up in Kenton Ohio and the Blizzard 🥶❄️🥶🥶❄️ of 78 me and all my friends had plenty of fun snowy days I liked riding inner tubes down hills amazing how fast they are.
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@@petrashevchenko1725 So do you live in Ohio
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My aunt lives there
We lived by railroad tracks that were raised up high on a hill which made for good snow mountains. All the kids in the neighborhood would bring anything they could to slide on down that hill. Ironing boards, cardboard, garbage can lids, you name it. My brothers and I would come in the house and my mom would put the oven on and we would warm our frozen feet up by resting them on the open oven door. Mom supervised of course.
The April 1973 snowstorm in Iowa- we got THREE snow days out of that one. But other than that storm, we never, ever knew we'd get a snow day until the morning of the snow day. It's still that way to this day.
FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL.... in the SNOW.... LOVED it.
When I lived up north in Mackenzie BC the buses could not operate below -35 C but schools remained open for "babysitting" now the first day of spring is here!...lol Snow in Mackenzie would get over top of the street signs....kids still walked to school in shorts and t shirts.....🤣
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Back in the 60's we got snow days and we were stuck in the house because it was not fit for man or beast outside. When the storm ended it still was bitterly cold and windy, making shoveling snow a huge pain. They ended up being a break from school, but no fun. It was days later after the city cleaned the streets when we had all these piles of dumped snow we could make forts with because there were many chunks to build with.
Don't forget building the biggest Snowman you could... I remember pushing the base around until I couldn't move it anymore :)
Blizzard of 1978 in Connecticut 🥶 I was 18
My friend Governor Ella T. Grasso shut down the entire state for a week.
Only Police &emergency vehicles were allowed on the roads .
My best friend Bob Diazio drove to my house in a 4 W.D. Ford van full of tools , a snowmobile , snow blower , coolers of beer & food etc. And we went out helping people shovel their front doors out from snowdrifts & getting thier cars unstuck from drifts on the highway , giving essential workers a ride to work etc.
We did this just to Get out from cabin fever , help people & have fun .
So many people were giving us tips that when we counted it all up , we had over a $1000.00
A cop pulled us over & we opened up the back doors to show him we were helping people .
He looked at all the equipment & coolers ,
Smiled and said good job guys !
I was in grade school. I don't think it was 1979 but earlier and it was a blizzard in NYC. I remember looking out my window and watching it snow. I watched TV all day. I remember. I also remember going outside at Great Lakes NS Illinois in the early 80s to score. The car actually started and I drove it. It was so cold it stopped snowing that day. I heard on the TV it was -80 wind chill, lol.
...the ONLY reason we had an AM radio in the house when I was growing up in the 50s & 60s was for the announcements for snow days - otherwise it was never turned on - in fact the radio was a 'clock radio' - a red radio that was hung on the kitchen wall...
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Those were the most fun days ever!
One I will always remember..
Snow days for me was extra sleep before I enjoyed the snow.
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After the first snowfall, Mom would make snow cream
GREAT VIDEO!! GROWING UP IN THE 60S YOUR TELLING THE TRUTH,, THE OLD RADIO OR TV SAYING NO SCHOOL WE WILL EAT THEN GO SLEDDING ,, IF IT WOULD BE A SCHOOL DAY I WOULD CALL A FRIEND AND SAY HEY FAKE SICK,, I AM,, THEN THE MOM AND DAD ARE GONE TO WORK AND I AM OUT PLAYING ,, TELLING GRANDMA PLEASE DONT TELL A COUPLE OF TIMES SHE SAID SHEVEL MY WALK AND I WONT TELL AND I WILL MAKE COCO, AND BREAKFAST.. THEN PLAYING,, YA!!!
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I remember there was this giant hill in my neighborhood that everyone would slide down! It was the best!
I have no memory of a snow day ever...I grew up in Florida, we had hurricane days.
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The absolute best was when they announced school being closed because of a snow storm the night before so I could stay up! THE. BEST.
Thank you for reminding me that there was a life before the internet. Was pretty neat, too.
thank u for the memories
I Was A Senior In High School In 1979 When We Had The CRAZIEST Snow Day Ever - Heavy Wet Mid-December Snow Piled Up On The Flat Roof Of Our School Building In Boulder, Colorado & Collapsed It! The Building Was Not Safe To Enter For Several Weeks So During That Time, When Christmas Vacation Was Over & We We Went Back To Classes - We Used The CU Campus Before Students Returned There For Spring Term! ONLY IN BOULDER!!😳
We used cardboard boxes.....😂😂😂ty for this great memory
I enjoyed the video. However growing up in Miami . I didn't remember any of that.
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I grew up in the 70's.....and have never heard of wearing clothes backwards or spoons under pillows. Sounds like a good way to poke out an eye.
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The blizzard of 78 we were snowed in for 2 weeks
I remember one day that we had snow drifts that were higher than the house and couldn't see out of the windows.
Do you remember the red fiberglass dinner trays? We'd use those to slide down the hill, forget the sled. You'd go down the hill like a dive bomber. I'm still looking for those in thrift stores for my kids/grandkids.
All I remember about snow days when we eat snow cream does anybody remember that I remember the snow blizzard of 79 all of us had four wheel drives drove the nurses home and back to work because they couldn't get there because of the snow I remember getting pulled on a sled behind the truck it was dangerous but it was fun
I grew up in California and a warmer part so we only had one day in 1976 that it snowed down to our level! It only stayed on lawns, trees and roofs - not the streets or sidewalks so we went to school. As tragic timing was this was the day my sixth grade class was scheduled to go tour the junior high we'd be attending the next year! When we got back to school some punk high school kids had taken the majority of the snow on the main lawns of the playgrounds - acting like they were building some kind of fortress! That didn't last long because the principal and some male teachers were called on to kick them out! Haha!
The whole school cancellation thing isn’t around anymore because they found a way to have a school day at home. It’s through zoom.
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You forgot building snow forts,praying they wouldn't collapse
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T home, it was scooping our patio and waiting for someone to blade open our driveway on a dead end road.
But damn if sledding down our banks and hills wasn't fun.
Lived on a farm, so not a lot of neighbors.
But at my grandparents place,we'd go to the park and play in the mounds puked up by the plow trucks. Fun to dig snow tunnels in.
My mom believed in a shot of canadian whiskey to warm me up. Usually V.O.
I remember the blizzard of 1979, not '78.
Are you kidding, we were lucky if we got a PB&J for lunch on days off...
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We got the blizzard of 78/79 here in Chicago. It was great but we had to go back to school earlier than public school due our school only being two blocks away and it was catholic so the nuns were right next door. Public school didn't go back until a week later they were laughing at us because we had to go back. But lol we got even due to being out a week they had to stay at school for another week but we were already out for summer vacation lol 😅
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I grew up in Southern California. I can't relate to this.
I thought it was 1978, Massachusetts.
Go back in, get some hot cocoa, then go back out
Did Scut Farkus knock out Ralphie’s teeth?? Disturbing!
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0:17 Which movie is that scene from? I wanna see that movie!
Me too.
It’s the 2000 movie, Snow Day. It is on HBO Max. It is… not great.
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@@Strangwood Thanks! Not great, eh? But still better than the last several Steven Seagal movies, right? 😅
Watch out where the Huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow 😆
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"sigh" 😃
Climate change is real...and well things change. Yep I remember more snow all year more often in 80s
Oh that 70s blizzard...
Puffy jackets dont do shit. Then puffy ain't so puffy when it's wet.
AND SNOW IS WET, yeah it looks pretty out there and you might even get that deceptive powder stuff... But it's wet.
It's to bad that kids today only want to stay in and play stupid video games. Those were some of the best times when I was a kid.
Kids these days are weak LGBT generation that gets snow days when it snows one inch.
MAN ! i remember those days jan 78 -feb 78 Good Times Good Times .🥲