Truth. The only bonus for us kids when schools did close for feet of snowfall was the opportunity to make CASH. Older folks were happy to pay us for digging them out.
One time my dad had us walk to school because even though it was snowing he did not trust the roads, even with snow chains on his tires; felt we were safer walking. I just remember as a second grader that it was cool walking down sidewalks with snow banked to either side much higher than I was tall. It was an outing, not a hardship.