# Is it gonna be a white x-mas where you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571 "2002-12-23T19:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/61 "2002-12-24T23:01:28Z")
I really, really doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/62 "2002-12-25T00:56:15Z")
NOAA Advisory expiting as of 21.00 for Morthern Virginia: …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS EVENING… SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA…AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON GRASSY SURFACES…AND SOME SIDE ROADS. USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING THIS EVENING. So, yep, it’ll be a white Giftmas here. My first, and since I’m goig to Sri Lanka in three months, and probably West Africa after that, it’ll be my last for a while. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/63 "2002-12-25T01:05:50Z")
We got some snow here in Greater Vancouver this afternoon, so we might get enough overnight to stick, but the forecast is for rain tomorrow, so I wouldn’t bet on anything more than wet. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/64 "2002-12-25T02:33:54Z")
We had a white Christmas Eve in El Paso earlier today (not a common sight). Most of the snow has since melted, but I hope enough remains under the shady spots to give us a somewhat patchy off-white Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/65 "2002-12-25T02:39:18Z")
No white Christmas here. IN MINNESOTA! I’m not complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/66 "2002-12-25T03:06:17Z")
There’s no snow at all righht now, but _supposedly_ there’ll be 6-8 inches by tomorrow morning. Interesting note: since 1900, there have been 51 white x-mases, and 51 green x-mases here in Cleveland ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/67 "2002-12-25T03:09:43Z")
Northwest Indiana. Snowing now. At least two inches on the ground. Waxing the daughter’s sled runners for the morning. Gonna be a good day tomorrow. Sweet. b. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/68 "2002-12-25T03:13:50Z")
They changed our forecast. We’re getting two feet of snow tomorrow. Bing Crosby and friends must’ve put on a benefit performance for their buddy’s ski lodge. DAMN YOU, BING CROSBY! ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/69 "2002-12-25T03:21:46Z")
Snowed a little bit today here in Arkansas, but it’s all melted away now . . . walked around outside a little bit ago and the ground was _squishy_. Aw well. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/70 "2002-12-25T03:22:35Z")
Surprisingly, yes. It’s snowing. It almost never snows here. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/71 "2002-12-25T03:53:35Z")
oboyoboyoboyoboy[IT"S SNOWING!!!](http://ww2.weatherbug.com/aws/default.asp?cid=273&zipcode=44094&ID=9561837614&RadarTitle=Vanyel+gets+a+white+Christmas!) ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/72 "2002-12-25T04:05:39Z")
I’ll be dipped. I moved to MD from NY, and it actually snowed on Christmas eve. Are my kids stoked? you guess… ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/73 "2002-12-25T04:37:27Z")
**It’s snowing, and we’re forecast to get 3 to 6 inches overnight!** [Bing]_I’m dreeeeeeeaming of a Whiiiiiite Christmas_[/Bing] Oh, and **Osiris** , I had just gotten Mele Kalikimaka out of my head… and then I read this thread. Thanks a million! 😛 😉 😃 **[Bing]_Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day…_[/Bing]** ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/74 "2002-12-25T06:26:54Z")
YAY!! It’s not just gonna be, it _ **IS** _ a White Christmas ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/75 "2002-12-25T10:52:24Z")
No snow in Seminole, FL. ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/76 "2002-12-25T12:12:15Z")
Yep. We already had snow a few weeks ago, awfully late in the season I might add. It started snowing Xmas Eve about 3:00 p.m. White Christmas for sure. The one word that best describes it is “magical”. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/77 "2002-12-25T13:47:36Z")
We headed from Cumberland, MD to the Baltimore area yesterday, to spend Christmas Eve with family (a distance of about 180 miles, usually takes us about 2and1/2 hours to drive it). Started snowing by about 6:00. By 8:00PM it was sticking to the roads. So we left my sister’s house to head home. A couple of times, it looked like we might have to pull off and find a hotel. Finally got home about midnight. Thank God when we bought a new van last June, it was AWD. Handled beautifully!! (Oh, yeah, fortuitously, we just had new front tires put on 2 days ago). We have about 7 inches on the ground now, and it’s not supposed to stop any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/78 "2002-12-25T15:16:33Z")
Unsurprisingly, no. It was about 35 degrees here today (that’s 95F, for you 'Mericans). It’s past 11pm now, but it’s STILL 25 degrees (77F). I’m yet to see snow in my lifetime. That’s okay; I don’t imagine too many of you cold-climate people get to swim in the ocean at 8pm! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/79 "2002-12-25T15:24:08Z")
Wow! Major snow Monday, snoweed more Tuesday, and we still have snow today! This is so weird for Oklahoma! Kids v. happy. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/80 "2002-12-25T16:41:59Z")
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