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Everyone has something they love about snow days.
For some, it’s hot chocolate with marshmallows after your hands have gone numb with cold. For others, it’s a snow angel on a street that drifts have closed off to traffic.
For South Philadelphia’s Rita Anne Provenzano, the best part is the peacefulness.
“There’s a quiet that comes from it,” said Provenzano, who took the small group of preschoolers she babysits outside Wednesday to enjoy the first flakes. “It’s fresh. And it’s clean. And it quiets the city.”
But for K-12 students this year, even with powder still coating parts of the region Thursday morning, the snow days of yore seem to be slipping into a tale from time’s past.