Just an observation on Christmas Day, thinking back to when I was a kid as I watched the grandkids and dogs having a great time. If I was looking for a global warming discussion I would have posted in the other forum and might have even mentioned it somewhere in the post. :0008
The movie, "A Christmas Story" is set in Northern Indiana. And that is EXACTLY how I remember my childhood weather up here. We had tons of snow, and the city skating rinks were plenty frozen for holiday skating. We haven't had outside skating for years, now.
I dont miss cold weather and snow as I age, but it certainly is much different today up here.