106 Things To Do In Western New York This Winter

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True, this winter doesn't offer the same options for fun as 2019 did -- but when was the last time you saw a Buffalonian give up? Yeah, me neither.

Here's 106 things to do this (pandemic) winter in Western New York:

1. Sledding at Chestnut Ridge
2. Make snow angels in the backyard
3. Drinking warm mulled cider
4. Hook up smart lights in your house
5. Get holiday decorations on clearance
6. Use the attached garage/porch for extra refrigerator space
7. Do the driveway shuffle to comply with winter overnight parking rules
8. Cross country ski in Como Park
9. Skiing at Kissing Bridge
10. Take a selfie in the snow at Knox State Park
11. Make a gingerbread house
12. Take your pet photo with santa
13. Drink a Tom & Jerry
14. Go do a little village shopping
15. Make a resolution and stick to it
16. Shovel, again
17. See the live-streamed ball drop downtown from the comfort of your home
18. Snowshoe at Beaver Meadow
19. Toboggan at Chestnut Ridge
20. See Niagara Falls frozen
21. Make homemade eggnog
22. Go steelhead trout ice fishing
23. X-country skiing at Bryncliff
24. See the ice dunes along the lake
25. Use your remote car starter
26. Make homemade hot chocolate bombs
27. Binge watch (another) entire TV series
28. Go to Vidlers
29. Organize your closets, finally
30. Great Gorge Scenic Overlook Hike
31. See the Fairgrounds Festival of Lights
32. Cruise the Niagara Wine Trail
33. Visit Old Fort Niagara
34. Run a virtual winter 5K
35. Kick the salt off the back of your tires
36. Change your windshield wipers
37. Enjoy a vacation from picking up dog poop from your yard
38. Go to the Buffalo Museum of Science
39. Have a pancake breakfast
40. Plan your Buffalo Bills Superbowl party
41. Maintain a sense of denial about your credit card bills
42. Spend 4 hours in a holiday return line 6 feet away from everyone else
43. Roadtrip to the Corning Museum of Glass
44. Make mulled wine
45. Wash your car on every sunny day
46. Go snowmobiling
47. Sledding at Sprague Brook Hill
48. Take up knitting
49. Try a new hair color
50. Have a chili cookoff
51. Get acquainted with your recipe for your new Instant Pot
52. Make snow cones out of real snow
53. Build a snow fort
54. Have a snowball fight
55. Redecorate a room in your house
56. Cold weather science experiments
57. Take a sleighride
58. Get a makeover
59. Hang with the polar bears at the Buffalo Zoo
60. Take a winter walk in Delaware Park
61. Feed the birds on the Reinstein Nature trail
62. Put your feet in bread bags before you put your boots on
63. Enable the WYRK skill on your new Alexa speaker
64. See the Christmas lights on Stony Brook Drive in Lancaster
65. Get some snuggle time with your favorite snuggle partner
66. organize Christmas wrapping paper
67. Put away Christmas lights in an orderly fashion for next year
68. Try a new drink recipe
69. Warm up with a shot of Krupnik from Buffalo Distilling
70. Try a new restaurant in your town
71. Have an indoor dance party
72. Join a gym
73. Do a winter-themed family photo shoot
74. Go to the Bills store to get playoff gear
75. Ask everyone, "how about this weather?"
76. Dress your dog/children up in funny outfits for Instagram
77. Organize a pot-luck dinner
78. Comment on how long January has been going on
79. Make plans Bills playoff game watch parties
80. Get a head start on spring cleaning and make a big donation to charity
81. Organize your kids' new Christmas toys
82. Have a spa day at Spa 400
83. Draw along with The Art Hub for Kids on YouTube and elevate your homeschool art classes.
84. Take a day trip to hike at one of the state parks (just mind your social distancing).
85. Drink wine & cook.
86. Eat all the things you just cooked.
87. Nap in the middle of your work-from-home workday.
88. Have a happy hour with your friends via videoconference.
89. Read the book you've been wanting to read but just didn't have the time to.
90. Get a telescope and learn how to take photos of the moon
91. Go stargazing
92. Finally finish a game of Monopoly with your kids.
93. Devote some time to growing your hobbies.
94. Go on a "virtual field trip" and explore some of the world's greatest museums on YouTube.
95. Finally learn how to fold a fitted sheet.
96.  Finally pair up all the loose socks in your house.
97. Build epic couch forts.
98.  Go through photos on your phone and finally make a photo album.
99. Go for a walk in Ellicott Creek Park.
100. Have a Nerf war (great way to work out family tensions).
101. Have a fancy dinner in your home for any reason at all.
102. Watch all the Star Wars movies in a row.
103.  Send a restaurant gift card to a nurse.
104. Have brunch even when it's not Sunday.
105. Try making Disney's famous desserts from home
106. If you're healthy, give blood.