I’ve seen maybe a handful over the years. (I’m from the DC area).
I intend to spend this Christmas at the Beach getting a tan.
I’ve lived in MI and NY and have seen lots and lots of white Christmases. Too many, in fact.
Grew up in central Michigan where we a white Christmas was standard. I’ve lived in central Ohio for more than 20 years. As others have said, around here, it’s a crapshoot. There have been a couple, though, where the first significant snow was on Christmas Eve. Made it look like a Christmas card.
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I’ve lived in West Tennessee or Middle Tennessee all of my 63 years. We were more likely to have snow in West Tennessee than in Nashville itself. In my lifetime I guess we’ve had five or six White Christmases. 1962 was lovely as best I remember. And 1969. It doesn’t snow as much as it used to.
Sampiro, there was a good snow in Montgomery, Alabama on Christmas Day in 1987, I believe.
I never tire of watching it snow. Never, never, never. I even bought a video tape of snow.
I can remember years where it was snowing fairly heavily on our way home Christmas Eve, so I dare say we’ve had a few. But usually we don’t see much snow, if any, until Jaunary or February.
I keep hoping for another White Juan. That was fun. And probably the only time in my life I’ll ever be eye-level with a streetlight.
I’ve had a few wet Christmases, but no white Christmases. In the last fifteen years, there has been snowfall maybe three times, always in trace amounts, and always over in a very short period of time.
Only once have I ever had a green Christmas.
There’s always been at least a patch of snow somewhere around here for Christmas, I think. There may have been one year where you would’ve had to drive about 20 miles to find it, but normally Christmas has been white.
Humbug. Snow sucks.
Preach on, brother!
Growing up, I saw lots of white Christmases in Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut, etc.
For the last 30 years, though, I’ve lived farther south, and have rarely had a white Christmas. The best and probably rarest was Christmas 2004, when for about an hour on Christmas day we had snow in New Orleans.
I used to live in Texas … I remember having a white Christmas when I was four years old, but no others.
Now that I live in Vermont, it’s pretty common. Also saw a white Christmas in Paris (which was pretty neat)
Being a southern Ontarian, I can’t imagine a Christmas that isn’t white – or at least isn’t supposed to be if the weather is unusually clear. Living in a warmer climate during the holiday season where the only snow around is sold in 10oz cans would just seem weird to me.
Dashing down the road
In a two-door Chevrolet
With the top down low
Laughing all the way
Shades on faces shine
'Cos the sun is bright
Oh what fun to surf and play
on Sunset Beach tonight
See? Just doesn’t work.
What is so great about a white Christmas?
Okay,so I don’t like snow in the first place, and I don’t like Christmas in the second place.
My two least faves: I got a ride from Colorado to Oklahoma to go back to OK for Christmas. Driving across the eastern plains two days before xmas we got caught by a blizzard. Things got worse and worse until at one point we ran into a highway that was closed on account of the blizzard. We opted for a more southern route and finally gave it up in Dodge City, Kansas, and got a motel room, one of the last available (more highway closings).
The drag was, the guy I got a ride with worked at a hospital and had to be at work the day after Christmas. So after 20 hours of driving through horrible conditions at 20-30mph we had xmas dinner at a truck stop dive in Dodge and then turned around and went 20-30 mph back to Denver.
(I think that was the same year a friend of mine, flying or attempting to fly back to Traverse City, Mich., to spend xmas with her family, spent xmas day in the Chicago airport…then got to turn around and fly back to Denver.) Yeah, fun holiday plans. Thanks a lot, Bing.
And then there was the famous Denver blizzard of 82. It started snowing on Christmas Eve and it snowed hard. My father-in-law dropped by to wish us a happy holiday. He was stuck there for two days. A visiting friend from out of town did likewise. He, too, was stuck there for two days. Christmas dinner was a ham and rolls, because that’s what we were supposed to take. My friend had a turkey. JUST a turkey. Her mom had stuffing and mashed potatoes. Her boyfriend had sweet potatoes and apple pies. All this would have been great if we’d actually gotten together but alas, we had it all separately since nobody could go anywhere.
I consider the phrase “may all your Christmases be white” to be a curse.
I grew up in Eastern Canada where a green Christmas (we had one or two) was a tragedy. Then I moved to Southern Alberta where of the 6 years I live there, four featured White Autumn Solstices ( :mad: ) but sometimes browny-greeny Christmases. Yeechhhh.
Now I’m in Canada’s version of Lotusland and I must say that Christmas just isn’t the same. It’s a nice place to live but I do miss snow. Mind you it actually snowed here last week and I’ve LOVED it. We usually maybe get some in February or March for a week or so so this has been a treat but the warming has already begun so it’ll all be gone soon.
It’s just so beautiful - all sparkly at night, and when there’s no wind, so still and peaceful. The air so fresh. It really is lovely stuff - I’m kinda sad for people who’ve never seen it.
I’m not sure if it was 1987 or sometime in the early '90’s, but there was a big snow in Tallapoosa County, Alabama one year in that time frame.
Somewhere around here there’s a whole scrapbook full of pictures of our White Christmas, but I’m too lazy to look for it right now and confirm the date.
So, yes, I’ve seen ONE White Christmas.
Yeah I remember one 20-25 years ago(?)
My first was in London 30 odd years ago
2 years ago it actually snowed here (West Cork, 2 miles from the Atlantic and the Gulf Stream) on Christmas Day - only fell mind, didn’t lay.
I have seen a few in NJ. Not many. As a kid, a White Christmas was very magical.
I grew up in a neighborhood with dozens of kids. Every snowfall was a great deal fo fun.
Now it means clearing the driveway to prepare for a 45 mile ride to my parents house with poor road conditions. I would rather have a White ‘Day After’ Christmas when I am already off and I can stay home and enjoy it with the kids.
I have had one White Thanksgivings. I was still young enough to really enjoy that too.
I’ve spent my whole life in North Carolina, and I’ve never had a white Christmas. As a kid, it was usually warm enough for all of us cousins to run around outside and play tag or football after the big Christmas dinner, so I never minded too much.
A couple of years ago in New Orleans we got about 1/4 inch of snow on Christmas Day.
Now that was weird.
Almost every Christmas is white. Occasionally we don’t get a lot of snow until just after, but there’s generally at least a thin coating.
When I lived in northern Minnesota, I saw White Xmases. And White Halloweens. And White Easters.