snow

When you step into freshly fallen snow. That soft crunch--that is my favorite. Everything about snow, from the brisk air that accompanies it to its ability to completely transform a landscape, is awesome. Snow inspires me to play, to laugh, to dig, to make memories. I'm willing to say that snow is essential to the holidays. Without it, they're just not as merry as they could be. As a little person growing up in the mountains of New Mexico, I came to expect blustery sub-zero conditions just after Halloween.