Sure, I’ve seen 37 of them. Then I moved down here, where most of the natives have never seen a snowflake.
Never.
Despite my current location, most of my Christmases have been spent in Dallas/Fort Worth. A few years ago we had a white Christmas Eve, but it had melted by the following morning. We’ll be there for Christmas this year, as well, so we can always cross our fingers.
I’ve never seen snow in Long Beach on any day, much less December 25. I won’t hold my breath, either: Per the Weather Channel, the average high/low for this town on Christmas are 68/45 (F); record high is 84 (1956); record low is 31 (1974).
White Christmas = normal for me. However, in recent years, the snow cover has been getting thinner and thinner and last year in Toronto we barely had any, even though it was cold. (This changes dramatically even fifty kilometers north, outside the city.) There has been an increasing amount if Frozen Brown Landscape (and of Muddy Slop) in our winters.
Born and raised with white Christmases, coming from the MidWest.
Lived in Oz for a bit as well. Never got used to 85F-105F Christmas with bright Sun and Santa wearing shorts, although his female elves in their skimpy outfits were a sight for sore eyes.
Only a handful here in Ky. It’s much more likely to be a wet Christmas than a white one, though it’s usually cold.
Born and raised in Illinois, a white Christmas was almost a given.
Then I lived in NYC…again, snow was no big surprise.
Berlin was also a snowy climate, but there was not always snow on Christmas, but you could be certain it would be cold.
Then I moved to LA, and now Las Vegas. We have had two snowfalls in Las Vegas in ten years (both lasted about an hour on the ground).
To be honest, if I never see snow close up again in my life, I will be quite happy.
Been there, froze my ass off, done that.
Born and raised in Western Canada, I would say that 33 of my 36 Christmases have been white. The 3 that weren’t were bitterly disappointing!
Living in Montana most of my Christmases have been white. But, I’ve also played golf on Christmas day (while wearing long johns).
Well, yeah, in the mountains! I once drove thru snow leaving the north rim of the Grand Canyon, in late July when the temperature at the bottom of the canyon was over 100 degrees.
I guess it sounds like you all think the definition of a White Christmas means there’s already snow on the ground. If that’s the case, I’ve had one most years since I moved to Colorado in 1991. But to me, a White Christmas meant that fresh snow falls on Christmas Eve night, to wake up to on Christmas morning, like in “A Chriistmas Story”. By my definition, I’ve had none, zilch, nada, zip, bupkis.
I have had a couple White Halloweens, though.
i grew up in northwest Iowa. I would guess we had snow on Christmas about 3/4 of the time.
I have also seen snow in July. Driving through Jackson, WY on the 4th of July it started to snow. Not a lot and it was what we called “tapioca”, i.e. granules of snow maybe 3/32" diameter.
I’ve lived in Ohio most of my life. About half and half up there. Central Ohio doesn’t really get a lot of snow, so it was more likely to be gray and overcast than actually snowing.
In Dallas, 2004 came very close. There was snow on Dec. 23, freezing cold on the 24th and there was probably still some white stuff around after midnight that night.
I live in the Caribbean.
I have had many White Christmases, being as that’s what colour my skin is.
Oh, right.
I grew up in Southern Alberta for the most part, where Chinook winds are common. They are dry, warm winds which melt snow. I clearly remember a Christmas when I got a red ten-speed bike and was able to go riding all around town in a new Scooby Doo t-shirt and shorts. Bizarre. I’d say for my first 20 years, I had more brown Christmases than white. Now, I live in Baltimore County, Maryland, where it is currently about 72F and lovely on December 1st. Also bizarre. I hope we’ll have snow for Christmas, for my kids.
I spent half of my childhood in Detroit and Chicago. It was pretty much white from December to March.
In Atlanta, I don’t think we ever did. Snow never fell till Feburary. Twice a year was considered a lot.
In Seoul, we got a white Christmas maybe once every three years.
Lots. It’s not all unusual for there to already be snow on the ground in by Christmas in NH & MA. Unfortunately, it’s not at all unusual for it to be there still late April, either…
We get snow maybe three times a year, ice more often. I definitely remember snow on the ground December 23 a few years ago, but I can’t recall if it stuck around to Christmas day. Anything we get is typically gone within a day or two.
-Lil
Hi, neighbor! This is true indeed.
Growing up in Cleveland’s eastern 'burbs, Christmas was pretty much always white.
The Front Range (Laramie, Denver, Pueblo) was a crap shoot, mostly because it’s so sunny out there.
I think we even had one in SE North Carolina, which was a total fluke that year.
We get snow only occasionally for Christmas in northeastern Indiana. Our significant snowfalls are usually after the first of the year.
A few years ago, my husband’s parents wanted to visit from Orlando at Christmas. She complained that she didn’t even have a winter coat. I scoffed, saying that it’ll never snow while she was here… You guessed it, a few days before Christmas, we had an unusual weather pattern and ended up with 8 inches of snow. At least she was delighted.
Born, raise, and still live in Northern California. The first year my parents moved to the Foothills (1800 ft elevation) we had a white Christmas. That was 1984. My only White Christmas.