The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

Curtis’s image fuses weather and moral aspiration: the year opens amid a “snow-storm” of resolutions—numerous, swirling, and often short-lived. “White vows” suggests purity and fresh beginnings, but also the blankness of snow: promises can be easily written, easily erased, and quickly trampled by ordinary life. The metaphor gently satirizes New Year’s earnestness while still honoring its impulse toward self-renewal. By casting vows as a storm, the line hints at both abundance and instability—good intentions arrive in a rush, yet require steadiness to endure once the initial brightness melts into the practical days that follow.