# White Christmas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-christmas/522367 "2009-12-23T20:33:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-christmas/522367/41 "2009-12-24T17:45:02Z")
5" fell last night, on top of the ~5" already on the ground. It’s still snowing now, and the forecast is for another 8"+. So we could have 18-20" on the ground. Snowball fight anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-christmas/522367/42 "2009-12-24T18:30:09Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Sounds like we in the DC area will see our snow topped with ice. I’ve been here 21 years and don’t recall ever having snow on the ground for Christmas. I’ve been here for 36 years and remember a couple of times, of course I’m from Frederick and the mountains so we did get snow when others didn’t. However, I do remember in 02 or 03, I think 02, it was snowing on Christmas as I drove to my father’s house in it. What is a White Christmas? I was always told it had to be snowing on Christmas day, now people are saying it just has to have snow on the ground. If that’s the case then it’ll be a nice brown Christmas this year as we had some digging in our yard this week. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-christmas/522367/43 "2009-12-25T09:56:53Z")
After a very hot Christmas Eve (35C in the choir gallery last night), a cool change today has given us one of the coldest Christmas Days for a long time (15C). We were all left scurrying for jumpers. In the end we actually lit the fire. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-christmas/522367/44 "2009-12-25T11:38:13Z")
It’s still been raining all night at the freezing mark. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-christmas/522367/45 "2009-12-25T13:20:33Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > The weirdest white Christmas I ever saw was in New Orleans a few years ago – 2004? It was sleeting on Christmas Day and it turned to snow, about a quarter inch or so in the end. It was the first white Christmas there in fifty years, they said! I have a photo from that event which my sister sent me, of my nephew standing outside holding my neice. Things look barely frosted with snow. It’s very rare to get a white Christmas here in Jackson. I’ve seen a few in North Miss. (where I grew up) but I could probably count the times on one hand. **HD** , I hope your power stays on. Got my fingers crossed for ya. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-christmas/522367.md?page=2)