CIB:
I suspect that part of it is that 1) many already had a Xmas party, which may have blown everyone's budget, and 2) a hxxx of a lot of folks are "up north," so many groups have a smaller population. That said, I'll explain that my own street, which had a great in-the-street party last year, elected not to repeat because of 2, above. But, there's already amove afoot to make it a bi-ennial affair - that is, every other year! We'll see.
Hope you and your neighbors have dug out or melted out without flooding away?
SWR