Anyone who is aware of the epic slow-moving frontal snow events that have occured across Britain in the past will be left wanting for countless years... but in theory it should eventually happen.
What I'm talking about is an event like the blizzard of '78, in which the frontal system is not a feeble affair or half-rain or some other failing like that - instead the energy piles in from the west, slams into a deep cold airmass across the UK, and just keeps on giving for hours on end. In fact, multiple events occured in sucession that year, as several low pressure systems became stuck against the massive block of cold continental air.
That's the sort of thing that leads to people complaining even just a few years after a month like December 2012 - sure, that was amazingly cold, record breakingly so in places, but the snow amounts, while noteworthy, were still far short of what can potentially be witnessed in the UK.
It's a funny game really, as such events are very disruptive and do far more harm than good - but as an extreme weather enthusiast it's all about recognising that if an event happens, it does so regardless of what you think about it, so you might as well enjoy what aspects of it you can 
Originally Posted by: Stormchaser