I grew up primarily in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. No one ever expected to ski before Christmas during the 1960s and 1970s, but after some very snowy years in the 1980s – expectations of Thanksgiving became the unrealistic norm.
Now those expectations feed mindless alarmist propaganda.
Warnings for Jemez Mountains, New Mexico | Weather Underground
My snowiest winter was 1981-82, never seen anything like here it since then.