I've been skiing once or twice, before I quickly decided being in the snow wasn't for me and spent the rest of that vacation in the chalet in front of the fireplace with a mug of coco and a nice view of the Alps. After that I decided it was more fun to look at the pretty snow instead of actually having to deal with it.
I believe you can buy artificial snow to decorate your lawn with, one of my neighbors is doing that this year.