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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

No, because snow is nice and beautiful. The problem is, we don't get a white christmas (or have snow for most of the winter) every year, because where I live we mostly either get wet warm winds which lead to rain or we get cold dry winds which just lead to cold days without snow.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

I live in the north of Sweden. I always hope for a white Christmas. If there's no snow, it's so dark, and gloomy. A few hours of sunlight in a day. No snow usually means it's cold enough for rain and a little bit of snow, but also warm enough to melt it to turn it into slush.

So definitely, we always hope for a crisp, snowy Christmas. Every year. More opportunities for outdoor activities then, too.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 13 hours ago

Go to Russia and snow will be, 100%

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

It used to snow and I would get tired of it, but now that doesn’t happen much anymore …i don’t mind it if it does.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

We can like snow in December. Hate it until next december. We will have brown Christmases some years, and there is a sense of disappointment over it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

Last year I had the all you can eat mexican buffet on Christmas eve. I ended up having a “brown Christmas.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

We live in cold climates because we like cold climates. 😉

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This; it's only 3 months out of the year (well, at least the snow) and I like that there's variety in my year.

Being an adult also means I get to choose when I go out, now, so the cold/snow bothers me even less.

But, like you said, I also live here because I like snow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Yup. Though I do understand many people can't afford to move, most that I know wouldn't want to even if they could.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Tasmaina, Austalia here, gets to 23c around Christmas where I am.

I'd not live somewhere where it snowed, id not live in the tropics (I used to do the latter from being a kid until it got too much and I left)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Only Heatmiser

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

No. But, lately it's not white on christmas.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Never. Christmas time should be cold af, dark for most if not all of the day, and in deep snow.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I like to pretend that song is racist as fuck and then pretend to be upset every time it comes on the air. It amuses me.

It's also fun to pretend that it's about cocaine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The snow doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the -20 degree F temps. These nips could cut glass.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

No way. Keep your heat, I’ll be snowboarding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Green christmas, ain't christmas. Give me snow, lots of snow!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is the song "Hot Christmas" they used to play on the radio in Florida.

https://youtu.be/iUDywEojT88

And this is the wiggles on the beach singing their song "Christmas Picnic". Looks like fun!

https://youtu.be/A0XCKRCBuhs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

We used to have white christmases and dream of them too, now with climate change we dream of them but have green / brown ones in reality.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm sure even the most hardened of Vikings would have preferred their Christmases green so they can go from place to place easily.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My red and green this Christmas is fat sweet cherry tomatoes ripening in the sun on my balcony. I would love a little rain to ease the fire danger in the hills, but I had all the snow I need for life during college. It's funny the snowy people who said they can't even fathom green, if it weren't white it would be brown, they're right about their reality but you asked for a dream. I'm living the dream.

The other nice thing about being in Los Angeles at Christmas is that it's quiet and there's very little traffic, because so many people rushed off to visit the snow, either local skiing or far away.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I live in a northern country with cold winters. The alternative to "white Christmas" is really an icy or wet Christmas. Green would not even cross my mind.

And certainly I prefer snow over sleet or black ice on the roads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

i mean, australia we have summer christmas and it’s kinda amazing… new years and christmas parties and festivals outside are amazing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

It won't be green because of the cold.. If it doesn't doesn't snow it is a brown / yellow Christmas.

Also you can't use your cross country skis, sleds, snowmobiles etc if there isn't any snow. No one wants to go out in the cold MUD.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I love the snow covered scenery if it’s like 30 F (-1 C) outside. We got our first big snow yesterday, and it’s definitely an improvement over browns and grays we’ve had for a month. When it’s negative degrees F though, that can piss right off.

My favorite season is spring, when the very first spring ephemeral flowers pop through the slush and mud, before the tree leaves bud out. I wouldn’t want to miss that.

these guys

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Nope. Christmas just isn't Christmas without snow

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have always wondered what a white Christmas would be like.

Usually it is baking hot here, none of the "traditional" foods make sense...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, here we celebrate Christmas with the high probability of heavy rain and flood.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same where I live. And then you see all the shop windows dressed with fake snow and people buying santa hats when it's 40⁰C out there and the whole ordeal feels so out of place

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Christmas and guy Fawkes are especially out of place.

Yes, let's encourage the public use fireworks in summer. Great plan.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Im not in a "cold" climate, but its the pacific northwest. It gets chilly this time of year. People still dream of white Christmases. Its the idealized Christmas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm surrounded by pine trees, blackberry bushes, and ivy. Christmas looks pretty green to me!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Judging from the answers, it seems like no. And really, most people I know that live up north go somewhere warm in January or February, so get the escape then. I’m 45 and two winters ago I had my first white Christmas. And let me tell you, it was freaking MAGIC. We got like a foot to two feet depending where you were on the property. We were exposed to someone with Covid on Christmas Eve so for the next week we were sequestered away, with food and drinks and a beautiful winter wonderland. None of us ended up with covid but my daughters best friends grandfather is immunocompromised so we’re extra careful. We made a slide off the deck, walked in the woods behind the house, lounged around, did puzzles and read books, and just generally had the most peaceful and relaxed time.

I’ve always lived in warm places, and the Pacific Northwest now, so for me, snow is the most magic thing in the world.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, a green Christmas would be extremely concerning

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Shrek disagrees

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'd love to go somewhere genuinely warm right now. Normally it's okay though.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it's not snowing, it's still not green. It's just grey. Grey is worse because at least the snow is pretty.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Snow becomes pretty ugly pretty quick, at least in cities.

Grey christmas it is, every year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

I figured it was more about fresh snow. :) fresh snow in the city is at least white, and pretty in a ... Chaotic sense.

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