When was the last time you made a snow angel? When was the first time? For 99 year old Pauline Jaeger, she was trying it for the first time with about 8,900 other people. These North Dakotans have all joined together to try and break the snow angel record, which until this point has been held by students at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, who had made 3,784 snow angels.
Lots of different people are joining in. Grandma and grandpas, snow plow drivers, kids with their parents, teenagers...just about anyone willing to lay in the snow and wave your arms and legs around.
You forget about how much fun snow angels can be. Besides throwing your body down, there is the delicate business of getting up and out of your snow angel without disturbing your "wings" or your "garments". It helps to have an extra hand around to give you a boost. We used to also draw in robe belts and a halo to add to the effect. Showing our four year old how to make snow angels adds to the magic. Too bad I wasn't in town for the event. I would have signed up and brought my warm wraps just for an excuse to play in the snow.
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