Cultural conditioning
Barney woke up first, as he usually does, and wandered into our room in search of a mummy or a daddy who might be willing to get up and make him some breakfast.
Mummy got up, as she usually does, and through the landing window saw the snow covering everything outside, and still falling softly from above.
“Look Barney!” she cried. “Look at the snow!”
Barney couldn’t really see, because he’s not tall enough to see out of that window yet. Kate had to bend down and pick him up.
“Look at that Barney! Everything’s covered in snow. Wow, isn’t that exciting?”
Barney’s face lit up with a huge grin. His eyes shone.
“Snow!” he said. “It must be Christmas!”
