Power went out on Christmas Eve and stayed out for three days when I was like seven.
Terrible ice storm, we had sleet and freezing rain for about a day and it took down a bunch of trees and power lines.
One of the scariest things was being huddled up against my mom for warmth, wearing my jacket and shoes because it was so cold, no idea what time it was in the middle of the night, and hearing the tree limbs snapping and crashing to the ground. One tree limb fell on our driveway and it was only because we had the foresight to move the car into the street that the car didn't get smashed. It's a small miracle that the house didn't get hit.
Our street got power back sooner because of the old lady across the street who needed an oxygen machine. Some of those less fortunate went without for a week or more.