How To Even…Let It Snow

By Michael Gushue & CL Bledsoe

A CHRISTMAS STORY

You wake up on Christmas morning. Although there was nothing in last night’s weather report, a major snowstorm must have blown through while you were asleep. You look out the window and as far as you can see is a thick, soft blanket of white covering everything. The houses, lawns, streets, and even the trees are completely wrapped in snow. Snow is clinging to the cars and street lamps. When you look down the street a bit you see on the sidewalk some weird snow-covered pillars that weren’t there before. They look vaguely…person-shaped.

You decide to investigate. You bundle up and put on your galoshes and leave your apartment. Going out the front entrance, you can see the snowfall is even heavier and deeper than it looked like from upstairs. Just beyond the awning of the front door it’s at least a foot and a half. There are big drifts up and down the street that you don’t remember seeing from your second floor window. It’s like they had just formed that minute.

You take a step out into the snow, and almost fall on your ass. It’s ridiculously slippery, as if there’s wet ice underneath. You back slowly out of the…