I wish people on social media would mention the weather a little bit because there was absolutely no reference made last night to the fact that it was snowing, if I hadn’t looked out of my window then I’d have been none the wiser. It wasn’t that late at night so people would have still had their computers switched on, so the only conclusion I can arrive at is that nobody looked out of the window or ventured outside last night. We noticed, we were the only people to notice that it was snowing because not one person reported it on Facebook or Twitter. While it was still coming down I took Jack to the park to see how he would react. He was seven years old when we adopted him but we don’t know if he has any experience of snow, or if he has then we weren’t sure if he would remember. I wrapped up and took him to the park and he loved it. At least I think he loved it, he was running around like a lunatic so either he was excited or he couldn’t stand to put his feet on the ground. Usually he doesn’t like getting wet especially his feet, he walks around puddles, but he seemed to be having a ball. I took a couple of photographs to put on Facebook because I wanted to be the first and only person who thought to upload photographs of snow for the benefit of other people.

We stayed out for quite a while although I was glad to be back indoors in the warm. Mandi came with us for a walk around the block in the snow a few hours later, but as far as I am concerned that is my lot. Snow is a nice thing to look at, not to be outside in. I’ve taken a couple of photographs so I know what it looks like so as far as I am concerned the snow can melt as I have had my white Christmas one day late. At least by going out this late at night we didn’t have to endure children chucking snowballs around.

Last night we watched Mickey’s Christmas Carol on a VHS that I dug out. I can’t remember seeing this before although I must have watched it as a child, this particular video came from a charity shop and I probably bought it during the summer and put it away. At just over half an hour long, this is a very abridged telling of the story with hardly any consideration given to the words that Charles Dickens wrote. Despite this I feel that Dickens would approve of this version as it provides children with the perfect opportunity to experience the story for the first time. The Muppets version is good but probably too long for small children, and a little scary in places, so with this cartoon you can sit your little one down and teach them the story of A Christmas Carol.

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