Dear Jack Frost
Dear Mr. Frost,
I would first like to say that you have done a wonderful job of making the world shiny and pretty for the holidays. The snow by my house has a particular sparkle that only you can do so well.
I do think, though, that you may have gone a bit overboard this year. Technically it is not yet your season. By my calendar you weren't scheduled to begin your artwork until at least Winter Solstice (that would be this coming Saturday, December 22). Yet, by my count, I have shoveled around two feet of snow already (storm 1: 3 inches, storm 2: 9 inches, storm 3: 12 inches, storm 4: 5 and counting).
Now, I know that you received many angry letters last year from people who were frustrated with the lack of snow. And I agree that we all need a vacation now and then (by the way, how was Barbados last winter?) but, I think you may be overcompensating a bit this year. One small storm before Christmas would have sufficed.
I would like to propose a compromise. As I was not one of those who complained last year, I would like to ask that you discontinue your work in my neighborhood. Make that my state. I will let you leave the snow you have already created and I will even tolerate one more storm in, say, February. In return I will not complain to your supervisor, Mother Nature, about your disregard for Autumn and her right to have one more week of snow-less weather.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Christi "I have shoveled way too much" the Librarian
I would first like to say that you have done a wonderful job of making the world shiny and pretty for the holidays. The snow by my house has a particular sparkle that only you can do so well.
I do think, though, that you may have gone a bit overboard this year. Technically it is not yet your season. By my calendar you weren't scheduled to begin your artwork until at least Winter Solstice (that would be this coming Saturday, December 22). Yet, by my count, I have shoveled around two feet of snow already (storm 1: 3 inches, storm 2: 9 inches, storm 3: 12 inches, storm 4: 5 and counting).
Now, I know that you received many angry letters last year from people who were frustrated with the lack of snow. And I agree that we all need a vacation now and then (by the way, how was Barbados last winter?) but, I think you may be overcompensating a bit this year. One small storm before Christmas would have sufficed.
I would like to propose a compromise. As I was not one of those who complained last year, I would like to ask that you discontinue your work in my neighborhood. Make that my state. I will let you leave the snow you have already created and I will even tolerate one more storm in, say, February. In return I will not complain to your supervisor, Mother Nature, about your disregard for Autumn and her right to have one more week of snow-less weather.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Christi "I have shoveled way too much" the Librarian