In Kansas, it tends to snow a lot. And ice alot. I love the snow, but seriously hate the ice. Last year in December, we had an ice storm that dumped over an inch of solid ice on us, which cut power and paralyzed huge areas of the eastern portion of the state. Some people had no power for 2 weeks. o_o Catastrophic ice storms seem to happen here every few years on average, so any time I hear freezing rain in the weather report I shudder a bit. heh.
We are looking at snow/mix events on Tuesday night and Wednesday night. I think it would be magical to have some snow on Christmas Eve!
The temps are gradually improving here now. We were down to -10F last night, and with a high yesterday of 7 degrees F. And 25 mile per hour wind all day for 2 days.

It was painful to go outside, but I had to get a few more Christmas presents at the mall, so my guy and I actually went out shopping in it. There weren't many people out and about.

Today will be about 18F, warming throughout the week, so I hope it continues on that way. I'd MUCH rather be cold than hot, but this is pretty extreme!