106 Things To Do In Western New York This Winter

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106 things to do this winter in Western New York:

1. Sledding at Chestnut Ridge
2. Rent an igloo at Canalside
3. Ice skating at Canalside
4. Make snow angels in the backyard
5. drinking warm cider
6. Watching fireworks over Niagara Falls
7. Hook up smart lights in your house
8. Get holiday decorations on clearance
9. Use the attached garage/porch for extra refrigerator space
10. Do the driveway shuffle to comply with winter overnight parking rules
11. Cross country ski in Como Park
12. Ice bumper cars at Canalside
13. Go to a bills game in the snow
14. Skiing at kissing bridge
15. Take a selfie in the snow at Knox State Park
16. Make a gingerbread house
17. Polar express at Arcade Railroad
18. Take your pet photo with santa
19. Get to a Bandits game
20. Snow Bowl at the stadium
21. Get on a curling team
22. Drink a Tom & Jerry
23. Go little village shopping
24. Make a resolution and stick to it
25. Shovel, again
26. See the ball drop downtown
27. Snowshoe at Beaver Meadow
28. Toboggan at Chestnut Ridge
29. East Aurora Carolcade
30. Ice bowling at Canalside
31. Pond hockey at Riverworks
32. Get out of the cold at Hamburg Brewing
33. Go to the East eden tavern for country night
34. See Niagara Falls frozen
35. Make homemade eggnog
36. Go steelhead trout ice fishing
37. X-country skiing at Bryncliff
38. See the ice dunes along the lake
39. Use your remote car starter
40. Make homemade hot chocolate
41. Binge watch an entire TV series
42. Go to Vidlers
43. Organize your closets, finally
44. Book a spring break ticket
45. Get taste of country tickets
46. Great Gorge Scenic Overlook Hike
47. See the Fairgrounds Festival of Lights
48. Cruise the Niagara Wine Trail
49. Castle by Candlelight at Old Fort Niagara
50. Run a winter 5K
51. Kick the salt off the back of your tires
52. Change your windshield wipers
53. Enjoy a vacation from picking up dog poop from your yard
54. Go to the science museum
55. Pancake breakfast
56. Plan your Buffalo Bills Superbowl party
57. Maintain a sense of denial about your credit card bills
58. Spend 4 hours in a holiday return line
59. Roadtrip to the Corning Museum of Glass
60. Make mulled wine
61. Wash your car on every sunny day
62. Snowmobiling
63. Sledding at Sprague Brook Hill
64. Take up knitting
65. Have a staycation at a hotel with an indoor pool
66. Catch a UB Bulls basketball game
67. Try a new hair color
68. Go to Splash Lagoon over Presdients Day Weekend
69. Have a chili cookoff
70. Get acquainted with your recipe for your new Instant Pot
71. Host a game night
72. Bowling
73. Make snow cones out of real snow
74. Build a snow fort
75. Have a snowball fight
76. Redecorate a room in your house
77. Cold weather science experiments
78. Pray for a snow day from school
79. Take a sleighride
80. Get a makeover
81. Chestnut ridge park winterfest
82. Hang with the polar bears at the Buffalo Zoo
83. Take a winter walk in Delaware Park
84. Feed the birds on the Reinstein Nature trail
85. Put your feet in breadbags before you put your boots on
86. Enable the WYRK skill on your new Alexa speaker
87. See the Christmas lights on Stony Brook Drive in Lancaster
88. Get some snuggle time with your favorite snuggle partner
89. organize Christmas wrapping paper
90. Put away Christmas lights in an orderly fashion for next year
91. Try a new drink recipe
92. Warm up with a shot of Krupnik at Buffalo Distilling
93. Try a new restaurant in your town
94. Have an indoor dance party
95. Join a gym
96. Do a winter-themed family photo shoot
97. Go to the Bills store to get playoff gear
98. Ask everyone, "how about this weather?"
99. Dress your dog/children up in funny outfits for Instagram
100. Organize a pot-luck dinner
101. Comment on how long January has been going on
102. Make plans to see a Bills playoff game
103. Get a head start on spring cleaning and make a big donation to charity
104. Organize your kids' new Christmas toys
105. Have a spa day at Spa 400
106. Go to a Sabres theme night