One of the best things a kid (or an adult) can do with tons of snow is make a snow fort. They keep the wind off you, lend a hand to all kinds of imaginative play, and with enough kids inside, they even get warm! But how fancy did you ever get with a snow fort? Unreality magazine has a collection of forts that will make your inner child green with envy. Link
Growing up in NJ, my dad needed a snow blower to clear the driveway. He'd make these huge (to a kid's eye) drifts on the side. I remember wanting to spend all day carving out caves in those drifts. We'd spending ten minutes getting bundled up for maybe a half hour of fun. Frozen fingers always drove us back inside, where we'd thaw our hands on a warm cup of cocoa.
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