It's snowing! It's snowing!

I have seen the first snowflakes of the year falling in Basel! OK, so they may be really tiny, lame snowflakes, and it may have lasted only about 10 minutes, but it is (or was) snowing nonetheless. At least it was a few minutes ago while I was walking Grady. I saw lots of very little white snowflakes fall onto Grady's black fur. What is it about the first snowfall that's so exciting?