Families reinvent Christmas traditions due to lack of snow

Families reinvent Christmas traditions due to lack of snow

Vince Haley of Rexburg introduced his family to ice-blocking or ice-sledding as a fun activity this holiday season since there wasn’t any snow. From left: Price, Merrick and Grant Haley. | Courtesy photo POCATELLO — With little to no snow blanketing much of eastern Idaho this holiday season, many families were forced to rethink Christmas traditions typically built around sledding, skiing and snowmobiling. Record or near-record warm temperatures …