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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAs a kid, were you Team Snowman, Team Snow Angel, Team Sled Riding or Team Snowball Fight. I am Team Sled Riding.
Pick one.
Polly Hennessey
(8,835 posts)debm55
(60,653 posts)Goonch
(5,061 posts)
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(60,653 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,389 posts)After the snowplow made a huge pile at the end of the street, wed start digging tunnels and building ramparts. Followed by epic snowball invasions.
Nittersing
(8,382 posts)After the plows went by, we'd build twin forts on either side of the drive... and tunnels if there was that much snow.
debm55
(60,653 posts)debm55
(60,653 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,736 posts)Especially with snowballs 😏
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(60,653 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,504 posts)debm55
(60,653 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,504 posts)boonecreek
(1,511 posts)I grew up in Chicago not too far from Humboldt Park which had a great sledding hill
where you ended up on the frozen lagoon after going between two huge trees.
debm55
(60,653 posts)Goonch
(5,061 posts)Sledders can also take in lakeside views and enjoy a short walk to the waterfront.
Where: 4500 N Lake Shore Dr | Chicago
Humboldt Park Sledding Hill
Humboldt Park
Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Over on the west side, Humboldt Park boasts a sledding hill of its own known as Bunker Hill. Snow lovers can hit the slope and take a scenic stroll around the nearby lagoon.
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(60,653 posts)CTyankee
(68,212 posts)Growing up in Texas I would have LOVED making a snow angel or just having snow at all, esp. at Christmas. I felt deprived...
debm55
(60,653 posts)all of us.
CTyankee
(68,212 posts)debm55
(60,653 posts)Dorothy V
(508 posts)and a carrot, one can make a Tumbleweed Man.
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(60,653 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(16,427 posts)I dabbled in sledding.
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(60,653 posts)justaprogressive
(6,918 posts)I wuz Team Toboggan!

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(60,653 posts)CrispyQ
(40,972 posts)One snow angel was all it took for me to be over with them, gettin' snow all over your back & down your pants if your shirt & coat hiked up while you were making the wings. Sledding is fun but there weren't a lot of hills in my area.
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(60,653 posts)livetohike
(24,285 posts)tomboy growing up
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(60,653 posts)LoisB
(13,031 posts)debm55
(60,653 posts)LoisB
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(60,653 posts)rurallib
(64,688 posts)who put that damned tree there?
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(60,653 posts)Aristus
(72,188 posts)During the Blizzard of 1977, the snow fell so deeply that we were able to construct a snow fort large enough to crawl around inside. We laid some plywood planking over the top, and piled more snow on for insulation. Great place to hang out with friends on a snowy day.
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(60,653 posts)snot
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(60,653 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,713 posts)I might add building a snow fort.
But, really wintertime was about basketball & bowling, mostly because they were played indoors!
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(60,653 posts)Emile
(42,300 posts)Hard work, but good money.
Team sled riding in my spare time.
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(60,653 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(11,151 posts)Being raised out in the country, we did not have others to have snowball fights with.
Fortunately, we had ice and one can sled on ice... it's more like sliding, but it worked.
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(60,653 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(11,151 posts)There was no steering when one slid on ice!
(We did not care...).