but they couldn’t go.
Because they got snowed in.
This actually happened.
In Southwest England:D
that’s pretty damned ironic! 
Coincidentally enough, he had rain on his wedding day!
Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey cancelled their planned “World Record Snowball Fight” last weekend because it snowed. Seemed pretty ironic. http://www.phillyvoice.com/six-flags-great-adventure-cancels-snowball-fight-because-snow/
The article says they were going to use plush child-friendly snowballs.