Every city, town, and county in New England experiences the same winter cycle that usually begins weeks before the official first day of winter. For Boston, there are 3 stages that occur throughout the winter months.
Everyone who visits or lives in Boston know how cold it can get by October and if it hasn't snowed yet, so one is surprised when the first snow is in November. With cold weather and snow covered streets, Boston shines with beauty. Downtown Boston is lit up at night not only from the street lights and buildings, but also with the christmas lights that are wrapped around trees and different snowflake shapes hovering above eye level, creating a real life winter wonderland.
With the first dust of snow fall, no one is phased carrying on with school, work, errands, and chores. School is open with after school sports and programs carry on as planned and most students will continue to wear shorts and a sweatshirt regardless of the below freezing degree. Once the first blizzard brings at least a foot of snow, the plows are in full force at the crack of dawn being the first to hit the roads while the rest of us are just waking up. When the weather creates a complete white out where school is closed, plows can't clear the streets, stores are closed, and the only marks left on the roads are boot print.
The firmly packed snow slowly turns into slush as the plows and salt trucks are busy at work, the winter wonderland theme is tarnished except for the small banks that separates the cars are still pristine being the last reminiscence that a winter wonderland existed. This continues to be the case until the next prediction of a blizzard is broadcasted to hit next week.
