Watch: Louisiana man frolics in the snow

It doesn’t snow often in Louisiana, and one resident took advantage of this week’s wintry drifts to enjoy himself.

Da’Quan Bellard, whose Twitter name is @AlmightyChipp, posted a video of himself in a tweet that is 54 seconds of unbridled joy.

“I'm from Louisiana it doesn't snow here often,” he tweeted.

What follows in the video are clips of him playing in the snow, accompanied with background music by Vanessa Carlton.

Bellard's video has been retweeted nearly 10,000 times.

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