--- title: School Announces Snow Day With 'Let It Go' Parody description: Watch out, Idina Menzel canonical: https://time.com/3683498/frozen-blizzard-let-it-go-parody/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-27T01:13:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:07.711Z og:title: Watch a Principal Announce a Snow Day With a 'Let It Go' Parody og:description: Watch out, Idina Menzel og:url: https://time.com/3683498/frozen-blizzard-let-it-go-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe21d6bbc553a104/69877c065f570f7e98b14eda/school-is-closed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1255 og:image:height: 706 og:image:alt: school-is-closed og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Principal Announce a Snow Day With a 'Let It Go' Parody twitter:description: Watch out, Idina Menzel twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe21d6bbc553a104/69877c065f570f7e98b14eda/school-is-closed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Principal Announce a Snow Day With a 'Let It Go' Parody > Sponsored content. 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