Children Love Snow Days. The Pandemic May End Them Forever.
In New York City and elsewhere, classes will be held online no matter how bad storms are this year in a shift that makes some parents wistful.
Children in Prospect Park in Brooklyn after schools were closed in March 2019 on what could have been one of New York City’s last traditional snow days. Credit.Stephen Speranza for The New York Times
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“Snow day.” These two words have charmed New York children for generations, conjuring thoughts of sledding down Central Park’s Pilgrim Hill or building snowmen at Forest Park in Queens; of strapping on ice skates and heating up hot chocolate.