I get it, was in the same boat for about a year after I lost my Mom, put me over the edge, got straightened out like you, Merry Christmas.
Weird, I read the post you quoted now and makes sense, when I first read it it quoted another post.
At least we don't have brown recluse, I used to work with a girl from the south and she had a nasty scar on her leg from a brown recluse bite, she was missing a chunk of her leg.
I think we had a Christmas Eve icing event but it could have been the 23th, I don't have Will's memory. Don't ever remember a Christmas day icing event though.
I get it, you want it to snow early mid Dec and last until March but it doesn't happen often down here, 2011 didn't start until I think Jan 11th-12th and that was a great year. A good Feb into March has happened some years and those have been good too. You might have to move in with Phin or PF to get what you want.