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To think kids media should ease up on the representations of snow

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someladdersandsnakes · 06/12/2023 07:57

Trying to be lighthearted here but this is bugging me
CBeebies has wall-to-wall snow right now, in all the Christmas episodes and in-between segments, anything to do with Christmas or winter = SNOW SNOW SNOW
Except for Bluey which represents Australian December accurately.
Also books from the library, British ones, it's snowing at Christmas and anything about the seasons is like "in winter it snows bla bla bla"
Well my DD has never seen snow in all of her 5 years and she asks every day when it's going to start snowing, and getting disappointed that it isn't snowing yet.
AIBU to want to see Christmas or winter represented without snow occasionally so it's accurate to our actual lives?

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Violetparis · 06/12/2023 07:58

Where do you live ? We had snow at the weekend.

Nacknick · 06/12/2023 07:59

Ah but it’s extra magical when it finally does snow

Whinge · 06/12/2023 07:59

Well my DD has never seen snow in all of her 5 years and she asks every day when it's going to start snowing, and getting disappointed that it isn't snowing yet.

Where do you live? We had snow at the weekend, and have had it a few times over the last few years.

Amberlady · 06/12/2023 08:01

I’m in the toastie SE, we had snow last week , not a lot to be fair but we did have it. And last year enough in December for sledging and snowmen. Where do you live?

justalittlesnoel · 06/12/2023 08:02

It's massively snowy in quite a few UK places right now (Lake District at the weekend was fun!) - is there no where near you at all in 5 years that's had no snow at all?!

CrapBucket · 06/12/2023 08:02

This used to bug me when my children were small too. They thought Christmas and snow should go together but in reality it’s rarely like that. All the effort that goes into making Christmas magical and it never matched the tv version!

TastyLikeARaindrop · 06/12/2023 08:03

We only have significant 'snowman' every few years here in the south. The last was beast from the east, 2018 I think?

We've certainly never had snow at Christmas in my lifetime. The closest was mid December in 1997 which I remember because I had a new baby.

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MsSquiz · 06/12/2023 08:04

My oldest is 4 this month and she has seen snow multiple times, including last week!

Maybe you need to move?

Chilicabbage · 06/12/2023 08:04

I think op lives in Aus considering she mentioned Aus...

ohtowinthelottery · 06/12/2023 08:04

I'm in the Midlands and my DC definitely experienced snow in their first few years. In fact one year we used a photo of DC on a sledge from one Christmas as the following year's Christmas card to family.
We also had snow last week.

Nothingbuttheglory · 06/12/2023 08:05

3 yo dc cried the other day when I told them Christmas Day probably wouldn't be snowy.

maddening · 06/12/2023 08:07

Whenever and wherever we get the next snow you should do a trip with your dc op - they will love the experience!

gotomomo · 06/12/2023 08:08

Well even we had snow last year, and I live by the beach - just not on Christmas Day, that's rare but we had it Christmas Day evening in the midlands about 15 years ago

Waitingfordoggo · 06/12/2023 08:08

I live on the south coast and we hardly ever get snow. Sometimes they’ve got snow 10 miles north but we haven’t. I think my town has its own microclimate 😂 My kids are mid-late teens and they’ve probably had enough snow to go sledging maybe twice in their lives. School was closed once for one day.

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someladdersandsnakes · 06/12/2023 08:09

I'm on the south coast on England, it hasn't snowed here in the last 5 years beyond a flurry. I mentioned Bluey because they don't get snow there and still manage to represent Christmas without it!

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Rinkymcdinky · 06/12/2023 08:11

I know what you mean! My autistic 5 year old thinks Christmas is when it snows. So either it snows and it won’t be Christmas or it’ll be Christmas and it hasn’t snowed. Confusion and sadness will abound. It’s a very niche issue though!

Whinge · 06/12/2023 08:12

I mentioned Bluey because they don't get snow there and still manage to represent Christmas without it!

But snow is a big part of Winter / December in the UK so of course shows and books are going to mention it. Confused

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someladdersandsnakes · 06/12/2023 08:13

I also get annoyed by the lack of seagull representation in kid's media when there are so many ducks, and DD never saw a real duck until she was 3. I didn't start a thread about that though because that seemed much more specific to seaside towns! Maybe the snow thing is too.

OP posts:
maddening · 06/12/2023 08:16

No ducks and snow! You must live in a very specifically odd spot.

shivawn · 06/12/2023 08:17

someladdersandsnakes · 06/12/2023 08:13

I also get annoyed by the lack of seagull representation in kid's media when there are so many ducks, and DD never saw a real duck until she was 3. I didn't start a thread about that though because that seemed much more specific to seaside towns! Maybe the snow thing is too.

Oh I'm surprised! Pretty much every decent sized park in my small city has a duck pond!

supersonicginandtonic · 06/12/2023 08:19

The fact your dd hadn't seen a duck until she was 3 is your fault OP. You could surely take her to a pond to feed the ducks. Even the south coast has places to feed ducks.

growgrowinggrown · 06/12/2023 08:20

You've jumped the shark now with no ducks in 3 years.

risefromyourgrave · 06/12/2023 08:20

I live on the South coast and the last time we had snow was 2009. I get very jealous of my friend who lives in South Yorkshire, she gets loads every year!

borntobequiet · 06/12/2023 08:21

Maybe blame the Victorian invention of Christmas cards towards the end of the Little Ice Age, when winters were colder and snow and ice more common. Many cards depicted snowy landscapes, and the tradition persists even in these milder days.