Why do the ponies have to pick up the snow?

[Dulset Tarn 441]

Has anyone here asked the more pressing question of "Where do they PUT the snow?"

[MozillaToast 233]

If you mean why ins't the water cycle incorporated into MLP, please take a number and Discord will be with you shortly.

[SBaby 660]

In the episode before that, there are a few lines of dialogue that imply that the laws of nature are different in Equestria than they are in the rest of the world.

[Pastel 7,627]

I think the snow melts naturally in their world too, but Winter Wrap Up is a tradition they want to respect.

Edited January 27, 2015 by Blobulle

[Dulset Tarn 441]

I think the snow melts naturally in their world too, but Winter Wrap Up is a tradition they want to respect.

Snow melts really slowly in our world, but for them it has to melt all in one day! They can't just let it melt where it is or it would flood the streets, farms, and hovels.

[Cwanky 17,495]

Maybe its just because they simply can? 

 

I mean when you have the technological means to manipulate weather like Equestrians can, why not make the most of it? For one thing, it would probably make their crop season a bit longer, barring the biological limitations of crops.

 

Its like asking why did humans decide to put people on the moon or create the internet? Simply perhaps because it was possible and worth trying out.