Another casualty of 2020: The magic of the snow day
by Carolyn Thompson, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 1:14 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 1:26 am EDT
Krystal Krause, right, rides a tube and Lilyann Richard, 11, snowboards down a hill during a snowstorm, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, in Lutherville-Timonium, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Even before the first flakes fell, New York City’s first big snowfall of the season was doomed to be a gloomy disappointment for more than a million of its schoolchildren.
COVID-19 has robbed a lot from children in 2020, and in many school districts in northern climes it is now stealing the magic of the snow day — waking up to find that school has been cancelled and the day will be filled with snowballs and snow angels.