Another casualty of 2020: The magic of the snow day Add snow days to the list of things that coronavirus has stolen from some childrenBUFFALO, N.Y. -- Even before the first flakes fell, New York City’s first big snowfall of the season was doomed to be a gloomy disappointment for more than a million of its schoolchildren. COVID-19 has robbed a lot from children in 2020, and in many school districts in northern climes it is now stealing the magic of the snow day — waking up to find that school has been canceled and the day will be filled with snowballs and snow angels. “As a parent — and I was a kid once myself — I have to say I feel a little sad that the snow day we used to all know may be gone because it’s really not going to be a day off if we have a snow day,” he said. If snow days go away, so would the fun of calling them, which some administrators have raised to a video art form. “Snow days are a part of our life.

Source: ABC News December 17, 2020 06:16 UTC