When our family would go to the snow, our Dad would insist on duct taping our mittens to our coat, and our boots to our pants. It was really embarrassing, plus took so much time away from sledding.
But we have to admit now the duct tape was a great idea, if not really hunyocky (an Elven word for which there is no real translation).
So here is my brother Jeff, preparing my Mom to go sledding, carrying on the duct tape tradition.