Originally Posted by
stupenal
As a kid growing up in LA, i remember some xmas days would be rainy and thus would fit my Socal definition of "winter," while other xmas days, the sun would be shining and it would be 80 degrees outside. Always tough when reading the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips, and seeing calvin playing in the snow and making snow colonies.
Reminds me of a cartoon....tearful kids are looking at their goldfish floating belly-up in the bowl. There is snow and icicles outside the living room window. The father says, "Goldie has gone to a better place". One of the kids says "San Diego?"