11/12/2017 Newsround

Hi, guys!

Martin here with your Monday

Newsround, live on CBBC.

First up, loads of you have had

the day off today after the wintry

weather closed hundreds of schools,

and you've been going

snowman crazy!

Snow joke...

Watch this.

Let it snow, let it

snow, let it snow.

Christmas weather has well and truly

landed in the UK after heavy

snowfall in many places.

The snow started over the weekend

and has continued today,

as temperatures have plummeted.

But perhaps more importantly,

it's also meant a snow

day for loads of you.

Hundreds of schools

across the country have been closed

thanks to the weather,

and that's giving you time

to get out there and have

some fun in the snow.

You've been sending

us your snowy snaps.

Look at this giant -

Jack and Daniel built this huge

snowman with their dad

in the garden in Warwickshire.

And you're never too

old to play in the snow -

this is Lilia, who's seven,

and her grandad

Charles in Llandudno.

Ethan is six and from London.

He's made a snowman,

and if you look closely at tiny

little snow dog too.

And Dacha from Wolverhampton

is the snow Queen,

with this big snowy throne.

Good work!

And check out these two from Harlow.

Love the classic look!

What did one snowman

say to the other?

Can you smell carrots?

Great effort, guys!

The cold weather is set to continue

so keep those pics coming in.

A record five English teams

are into knockout stages

of the Champion's League.

So who did they get

in the draw earlier today?

Watch this.

Two clubs face Spanish sides -

Chelsea will be up against Barcelona

and Manchester United

will test their skills

against Sevilla.

United's arch rivals

Manchester City will play

Switzerland's Basel.

Liverpool will go head-to-head

with Portugal's Porto,

and last but not least

Tottenham Hotspurs are up

against Italian side Juventus.

Now the big question is how

many of these English teams

will make it to the next round?

This Christmas, thousands of kids

in the UK are caring for relatives

who are ill or can't

look after themselves.

We went to meet Abi

to find out how she and her mum

will be spending the holidays.

If I could have a wish,

like one wish, it would be

make my mum's MS go.

For Abi and her mum,

Christmas is their favourite time

of year, but unlike most

11-year-olds, Abi can't just chill

out over the holidays.

Her mum has a disease called MS.

That sometimes stops her doing

things that she wants like running,

walking and doing simple activities

like bending as well.

That means Abi has to help her

mum do certain things,

even on Christmas Day.

When I wake up, I help her put

some socks on and shoes.

I come down but I don't open

presents, I make breakfast instead!

It's not like you normally spend

Christmas with a mum

that's got MS but you...

It's kind of like, you feel

like you want to do more,

especially when it's

a more special time.

Like, you want to help more

and you want to just

kind of be there more.

So, being a carer for your mum,

does that mean sometimes you miss

out on doing things that

people your age would normally do?

Well, most young kids

could go to the park or play

with their friends but if my mum

is ill or if I need to stay in,

I kind of don't have

that opportunity often.

But Abi will go off and do

all of those brilliant things,

but in her head she is always

thinking, "Where's Mum?"

"Who's with Mum?"

It can be really tough caring

for a relative but luckily Abi gets

lots of support from her school,

and at a special group

run by a charity.

The help I get is kind of, say that

just because you are a young carer,

doesn't mean you're different

to everyone else.

Every bit of being a young carer

is amazing because you could go out

with Barnardo's or

Barnardo's would help you.

And it's kind of you

are not alone with this.

You have people that will help you.

What does it mean to you to be

a carer for your mum?

It's kind of like cheese and

crackers or strawberries and cream.

Like we stick together

for everything.

That's it from me.

Newsround is back

tomorrow at 7.40am.