White Christmas?

Serious snow in the wintertime has for the last years been limited to the nostalgic memories of my youth. In my recollection it was quite normal to have temperatures of up to -20 Celcius, to have snowball fights and make snowmen. Since the middle 80s, however, our winters have been relatively snow-less (the snow that falls generally didn't last too long) and even quite warm.

The last few days winter has been announcing itself with a vengeance throughout Europe. Train service has been severely affected and traffic jams have reached record lengths. On the bright side, we once again have that traditional Christmas feeling and the chance to skate and play in the snow as kids!