WELLESLEY, Mass. — With ski season in New England off to a slow start due to warmer temperatures and a recent storm that brought a deluge of rain, a teen in Wellesley decided to take matters into his own hands.
Laurel Schnitman shared a video with Boston 25 News that showed her 14-year-old son, Caden, shredding a homemade ski jump that he built on their front lawn on Clifford Road in Wellesley Hills on Christmas Day.
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“Unfortunately, Caden was not able to head to the Vermont mountains which is where he typically would spend a Christmas,” Laurel wrote in a message. “His mom and sister kept him at home as they are sick with pneumonia, the flu, and Covid.”
Laurel added, “Caden took matters into his own hands to provide a little Christmas joy in the absence of the real snow in the mountains.”
A pre-Christmas, wind-driven rainstorm that blew through the region last week soaked many popular New England ski areas, melting mountain snow in the process.
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