It hit, and then it stayed around. We got something ridiculous like eight inches over night. People even brought out their snowplows! It snowed for well over 24 consecutive hours -- and then we haven't really gotten much more. We did have two weekends below zero, though, so that was fun.
The woods near us had a thick covering of snow, but the river and ponds did not freeze over completely...
There were patches of ice, though, thick enough for a few fool-hardy fisherman to try their luck.
Since we've plunged into the negatives and stayed well below freezing for several weeks, there are now fishing huts out on the ice.