After a winter that has piled up more snow throughout much of the continental United States than any other in recent memory, most of us have seen enough of the polar vortex.  Not this fox!  We’ve all heard that when you can’t change life’s waves, you must learn to surf—but what to do when you can’t change the weather?  Learn to snowboard, of course!

In mythology, foxes have long been envisioned as shapeshifters, luring humans who wander into the forest down shadow-shrouded paths.  Appearing in fables, the fox is cunning and fey, existing at the intersection of the mundane and the magical.  While the fox is sometimes considered the smiling deceiver, bringing peril to chicken coop and lost traveler, its versatility is impressive, whether it is cleverly pursuing prey behind presumably impenetrable fences or leading wanderers into danger in the guise of a cloaked woman.  Its face sometimes looks like a mask, further emphasizing its ability to reveal the appropriate aspect of its character to meet the occasion at hand, to retrieve from its spiritual toolkit whatever is needed to address any obstacle—even when what is needed is a (physical or metaphysical) snowboard!  With these whimsical fox-themed gifts, may you find yourself a little more fox-like: endlessly adaptable, mysteriously multi-faceted, capable of surmounting even seemingly impossible boundaries.