It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Have you realized the extent of the love-hate relationship between Michigan residents and snow? You'd think the two are going through a divorce settlement or something.

I wouldn't want a yellow cheesecake hat either.

Snow is what makes Michigan (and West Michigan especially) wonderful during the Christmas season. When you think of Christmas snow is usually somewhere in the picture. Half of the popular Christmas songs are about snow in some way, shape or form.

Snow on Christmas morning makes the day even better. Big, soft flakes falling from the sky on mid-December date make it that much more special. Snowmen and snowball fights are some of the best ways to spend Christmas vacation.

Have you ever noticed how quiet and peaceful everything is when it's snowing? It's like you really do live in Bedford Falls.

My mouth's bleedin' Burt! My mouth's bleedin'!

Somewhere around January or February people start to get tired of it. It's natural. Two months of driving through sleet, snow and slush gets tiring and dangerous. Shoveling your driveway everyday gets annoying. By March people are done with snow for the year.

Snow during spring break is an absolute no-no. It seems to happen every other year and people piss and moan about it every time. Sorry to break it to you but sometimes it snows, even in April!

Case in point: it snowed this morning. Monday, April 18 began with a look outside the window. Snow. A light blanketing. Just enough to cover the grass but no accumulation on the road. I was actually somewhat pleased: i love snow and one more helping of it can't hurt, right?

He looks like a red nightmare.

Apparently I am the only one of this persuasion. Facebook was littered with status updates about how displeased everybody was with Mother Nature's antics.

Somehow over the past four months, everybody has gone from wanting a hefty amount of snow to despising it from the inner depths of their soul. Give snow a break people.