Our changing perspective of winter

I realize that snow is truly one of the great beauties of nature. What can compare to a snow-covered field in its pristine loveliness? As with so much, however, our modern world has turned its beauty into a thing of ugliness. Now snow is our enemy, for we have to drive on it, and that is NEVER fun. The crystalline ice takes down power lines. We dread winter and cannot wait for it to be over. Sad.