# Is anyone expecting a white Christmas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752 "2014-12-20T17:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/61 "2014-12-25T17:11:16Z")
I was but it only turned out to be icy this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/62 "2014-12-25T22:53:24Z")
Just getting going here. It went from flurries to moderate-to-heavy snow in about 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/63 "2014-12-26T21:51:56Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Looks like Christmas in Montreal is whitish after all. Irving Berlin would be glad. When I lived in Montreal, in the 70s, it would have been unheard of to have a non-white Christmas. Snow usually started in October. Has the climate changed that much? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/64 "2014-12-26T22:13:03Z")
Going skiing now in Thunder Bay. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/65 "2014-12-27T02:22:06Z")
People are always surprised to learn that each year, some people actually do freeze to death in Thailand. They’re always in the mountains of the Upper North, usually hilltribes, and it can get pretty cold. When I lived at one of those high elevations in the North, I recall it actually dropped to freezing at night for a period but always warmed up to the 70s or even 80s Fahrenheit in the daytime. That doesn’t happen here in Bangkok though. At best, we just don’t have to run the air-con anymore at night. But it often gets so windy at night this time of year that we have to close the windows, and then we have to run the air-con to keep it from getting stuffy. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/66 "2014-12-27T08:56:16Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > People are always surprised to learn that each year, some people actually do freeze to death in Thailand. They’re always in the mountains of the Upper North, usually hilltribes, and it can get pretty cold. When I lived at one of those high elevations in the North, I recall it actually dropped to freezing at night for a period but always warmed up to the 70s or even 80s Fahrenheit in the daytime. > > That doesn’t happen here in Bangkok though. At best, we just don’t have to run the air-con anymore at night. But it often gets so windy at night this time of year that we have to close the windows, and then we have to run the air-con to keep it from getting stuffy. Your niece has got some white stuff recently – in abundance! > **[Motorists stranded by snowfall in Yorkshire](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30609371)** > > Dozens of coach passengers and drivers are left stranded in Yorkshire after snowfall sweeps parts of the UK. Have you heard from her? What does she think? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/67 "2014-12-27T18:20:13Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > When I lived in Montreal, in the 70s, it would have been unheard of to have a non-white Christmas. Snow usually started in October. Has the climate changed that much? No. Last year there was a tonne of snow in this area. This year there isn’t. It happens occasionally: normal variance and fluctuation. The climate isn’t changing in any perception in this area. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/68 "2014-12-28T05:56:42Z")
> [@Ms\_Boods](#): > > Your niece has got some white stuff recently – in abundance! > > [Motorists stranded by snowfall in Yorkshire - BBC News](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30609371) > > Have you heard from her? What does she think? I think she spent Christmas Day in Manchester. Yes, she saw her first snowfall. And she tasted the flakes on her tongue. (How is pollution there?) My wife has seen snow on the ground, she saw it the first time up on Sandia Mountain overlooking Albuquerque when I took her up there, but never falling snow. The closest was some sleet in West Texas during one visit. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/69 "2014-12-28T06:23:50Z")
It’s been between the 40s and 60s all week here in Cleveland. Not a whiff of snow. Totally sucks ☹ ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752/70 "2014-12-28T15:54:40Z")
On Christmas, there was snow on the ground, but I believe some grass was also visible. So I’m not entirely sure if we had a green or white Christmas. Well, I had a good Christmas regardless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-expecting-a-white-christmas/707752.md?page=3)