The land with no snow, man
In November, a classroom of Florida kindergartners listened attentively as their teacher, Robin Hughes, read them a book about snow. As the special education teacher flipped through its pages and showed them photos of children sledding and making snow angels, she noticed some students looked puzzled. “How many have seen snow?” Hughes asked Only a couple of kids raised their hands. “I was shocked that they had not seen snow, it’s hard for kids to understand the concept because they don’t have the relevant knowledge.” So Hughes called in a favor to someone she knew might be able to help: her sister in Danville, Ky. Hughes texted her sister recalling her sister’s town was hit with about 10 inches of snow. Robin’s sister built “Lucky,” a tiny and perfectly imperfect snowman she assembled that January afternoon. Days later, she sent the snowman – complete with blueberries as eyes, a carrot as a nose and two twigs as arms – on a nearly 800-mile journey to Florida in an insulated container filled with ice packs. Hughes and an entire classroom of kindergartners awaited Lucky’s arrival. To Hughes’s surprise, Lucky arrived almost intact. One blueberry had fallen off in transit, but Hughes used a toothpick to easily put it back into place. “I was so excited because he made it and just the pure joy (the kids) had seeing this snowman,” Hughes, who lives in Tampa, told The Post. “They wanted to touch him. ‘Is he coming to life?’ (they asked).” Ever since, at least twice a day, Hughes said she brings Lucky out from the cafeteria freezer on a silver plate so students can touch the snowman and ask questions. Cheers, coos and wows fill the room every time Lucky is brought in. Whenever his coat starts to get shiny, Hughes said, she takes him back to the freezer.
Snowman funnies
Actually, all this snow is not that bad.
Today I can say that my lawn looks just as good as my neighbor’s.
Why doesn’t Santa have any millennial elves?
Because there are already enough snowflakes at the North Pole.
It’s so cold outside I saw a snowman breaking into a house.
What do you call a snowman dressed up as a cop?
Just-ice.
February 2nd Birthdays
1997 – Ellie Bamber, 1991 – Julia Fox, 1981 – Emily Rose, 1980 – Gemma Arterton
1937 – Tommy Smothers 1901 – Jascha Heifetz, 1927 – Stan Getz, 1964 – GI Joe