@ossobuco,
I will have to concur with you, as I'm certainly no expert on cold climate customs. With the exception of two years I spent in Corning, New York (a great town) where I went through the 1st and 2nd grades (which was
five decades ago), I've grown up and continue to reside in the Houston/Galveston area of Texas; and as we all know, it doesn't snow very often there.