All was quiet in Ghent but for the quiet pitter-patter of footsteps in the snow.
The footsteps became louder as dozens of Ghentians hastened toward Colley Avenue, gloves on, boots laced, beanies snuggly pulled down.
No one knows who threw the first ball, but within moments — just outside the historic Naro Expanded Cinema with the neon lights shining down — it became an all-out snowball brawl…