WITH THIS WEEK’S snow, despite our concerns about COVID, doesn’t it get you in the holiday spirit, as it definitely is beginning to look a lot like Christmas — even though today’s predicted rain is not what we were all hoping for.
It’s good to see the scatterings of light natural stuff to add to what the snowmakers have been able to pump out so far early in the ski season.
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