December hasn't been a total loss unless you were expecting a biggie, plenty of time and more likely in Jan and Feb anyway. Its Christmas, its cold, the grounds white and flakes are coming today, nothing wrong with that.
My mother in law who is 93 has one of those huge clock looking thermometers that's off by about 8 degrees too low and she thinks it accurate. She probably had -10 last night on that thing.
5 inches of snow, 5 feet of wood. Lets see if we can bury that wood this year. In 2015 I couldn't see my stacks of wood, had to really dig to get at it.