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.
Go to Russia and snow will be, 100%
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.
Interesting question. I live in Belgium and... well first of all I don't care for Christmas. I do like to celebrate with family and friends but the religious celebration itself, no. Second I never actually considered it. I do love snow and ice. I recently took on ice skating and... even though I also love the Summer where I can roller blade and skate, knowing that something else is coming is a genuine joy.
So... I can't speak for others but I absolutely love the Winter, from hot chocolate to waffle outside to ice skating, hikes in the snow then relaxing by the file place, there is just so much to look for during that season that ... never dreamt of "a green Christmas".
Edit: I actually had one last year, going to Madeiras, Portuguese island West of Morocco, North of Africa, and... that was fine too. Honestly truth is I don't really care where and how as long as we share a good time.
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.
We live in cold climates because we like cold climates. 😉
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.
Only Heatmiser
Never. Christmas time should be cold af, dark for most if not all of the day, and in deep snow.
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)
No way. Keep your heat, I’ll be snowboarding.
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.
The snow doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the -20 degree F temps. These nips could cut glass.
We do not.
No, a green Christmas would be extremely concerning
Shrek disagrees
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.
i mean, australia we have summer christmas and it’s kinda amazing… new years and christmas parties and festivals outside are amazing
No.
We get around 48" per year. I love this shit.
I wish I got 48" every year 😔
Or at least like 2", once
... that's what she said...
I'm so sorry.
That was the intention, haha
I overthought this and wondered if a 48" thing can really go all the way in, but I was surprised to know that “The average erect penis is longer than the average vagina. ” and that it's not really possible to ‘break through’ the cervix and go further.
Even ignoring girth, it'd probably be very painful for her (without training, I suppose) if someone just rams their 40" into her.
I mean even if it was 48" in total yearly, that'd be 8 6-inchers or 9 5-inchers. I'd be fine with that :p
And I forgot that large loads can go by the back entrance. XD
It's probably has enough to accommodate 48" (with enough training), or even more.
If it's not snowing, it's still not green. It's just grey. Grey is worse because at least the snow is pretty.
Snow becomes pretty ugly pretty quick, at least in cities.
Grey christmas it is, every year.
Green christmas, ain't christmas. Give me snow, lots of snow!
Depends on the person. It sometimes gets into the negative double digits F where I live. Its forecasted to snow around Christmas and I'm hyped as fuck.
I used to live further North and I miss the snow. We still get some here, but it typically melts off within a week or two.
No. Give me snow. Give me snow year round.
This is the song "Hot Christmas" they used to play on the radio in Florida.
And this is the wiggles on the beach singing their song "Christmas Picnic". Looks like fun!
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.
I'm surrounded by pine trees, blackberry bushes, and ivy. Christmas looks pretty green to me!
I spent Christmas one time in Australia. It was surreal. I don't think I'd ever get used to that, so, not me.
I often wonder if people who live in Australia feel a similar way considering how Christmas time is typically depicted.
Aussie here, to me xmas = summer time. Xmas movies always felt irrelevant, and the idea of Santa wearing all his gear is mental when it's often 40C+ and humid af.
Being cold would feel alien that time of year, even more so if it snowed because that doesn't happen in 99% of the country regardless of the time of year.
also i’ve told some US friends about my new years plans: outdoors, festival, parties kinda thing… they’re blown away by how amazing it sounds for this particular period
Yeah. Sitting by the pool in 25c watching the kids have a swim
I did spend 10 years in northern England from 2000 and a cold possibly white Christmas took ages to get used to
actually the closest thing i think we could probably say to americans is: our christmas is like 4th of july… but it’s the whole christmas and new years… we get 4th of july holiday for a whole month or more
Lol yup, total opposite! Plus the prevalence of North American/Hollywood movies/shows usually depict snowy Christmas.
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.
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.
Nope. Who doesn't love the idea of a winter wonderland Christmas?
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.
I have always wondered what a white Christmas would be like.
Usually it is baking hot here, none of the "traditional" foods make sense...
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
Yeah, here we celebrate Christmas with the high probability of heavy rain and flood.
Nope. Christmas just isn't Christmas without snow
I'm sure even the most hardened of Vikings would have preferred their Christmases green so they can go from place to place easily.
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