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A Christmas card depicts the ideal of a white Christmas. A white Christmas in Trondheim. A white Christmas is a Christmas with the presence of snow, [1] either on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day, depending on local tradition. The phenomenon is most common in the northern countries of the Northern Hemisphere.
Learn about the history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors: red, green, gold, white and purple. Experts explain their origins and significace.
"The average Australian Christmas" cartoon by Livingston Hopkins (c. 1900) – click to enlarge. Some Australian songwriters and authors have occasionally depicted Santa in "Australian"-style clothing including an Akubra hat, with warm-weather clothing and thongs, and riding in a ute pulled by kangaroos, (e.g. Six White Boomers by Rolf Harris).
In the Northern Hemisphere, a Christmas in July celebration is deliberately ironic; the July climate is typically hot and either sunny or rainy with thunderstorms, as opposed to the cold and snowy conditions traditionally associated with Christmas celebrations in the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. Some people throw parties during ...
There’s no such thing as a “white Christmas” in the land down under. Given its location in the southern hemisphere, the country experiences its summer in December.
Here's the history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors: red, green, gold, white and purple. Experts explain their history and origins.
Last year, just 17.6% of the Lower 48 experienced a white Christmas. This was the lowest percentage since records began in 2003.Outside of the higher elevations of the West, there was an area of ...
The map above shows the likelihood of a white Christmas based on NOAA's 1991-2020 historical data. Its study defines success as 1 inch or more of "snow cover" -- meaning snow on the ground on the ...