We had a storm last week that was so striated my office mate who lives 5 miles from me got 8" and I got about 1".
She worked from home.
(Sadly, work from home is not an option for me, because you are not allowed to do so with children present. So if I have no child care, I get a PTO day instead.)
Yeah, they actually closed our office the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend because of a blizzard. I didn't see the notification until I was already dressed and ready to go. I looked outside, saw a couple inches, shrugged, wondered why we'd closed, and figured that if the trains were running I'd go in since I had deadlines and our 5 other offices were still open. The trains in the city were fine. Apparently, once you get a little bit away from the lakefront (where I live and where my work is), people got up to a foot! (And a lot of people at my work live out that way).
I don't get live Christmas trees. I mean, I get the theory. They look nice. They smell like pine, which, if that's a thing you're into, is probably enjoyable and Christmasy.
But, OMG, I can't believe how expensive they are! I've never had one. Today I walked through a Christmas tree lot near me while taking a shortcut home, and got sticker shock. The highest price one I saw was $270! Most were in the $75 to $100 range. They had some "value trees" for $40-$50. So out of curiosity I went and found those; they were less than 3 feet tall and looked kind of like the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.
So, let me get this straight - people buy one of these things every year, drag it home tied to the top of their car, then you have to water it and take care of it, keep your pets (and small children, I assume, I'm not a parent) away from it and make sure they don't drink the tree water, it's going to drop pine needles which you then get in your feet (and possibly in your pets' feet and kids' feet).... and then you toss it. (At least here you can get it composted - for a price.) And do that all again next year, and the next. Yikes.
I think I'll stick to my fake tree, which has lasted many years, requires no care, and cost me maybe $40.