Happy Christmas from snowy Northern Ireland!!!
Except it’s not snowing. In fact, it’s not even cold. Rather, it’s unseasonably mild. 12 degrees centigrade no less. It’s grey and drizzly naturally, but there will be no sleigh rides or snowball fights here this year. The coldest thing I’ve experienced has been the four litre tub of honeycomb ice cream dived into following Christmas dinner. Yes, you read that right. Four litres. I’m hardcore when it comes to my ice cream.
So as I sit here, slipping in and out of a self enforced food coma, I’m left wondering what’s the weather like where you are? Is it a Christmas card scene with seven foot snowdrifts and conifers heavily laden with the white stuff? Or does it just look like any other day? Are you on the beach? On top of a mountain? In a cave? Wherever you are, I hope you are having a great day.
What’s the weather like on Christmas Day where you are?
South Bend, Indiana, USA. Home to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish! No snow here and well above freezing.
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I’ve heard of the Fighting Irish. I wish the Redskins had some of their fight.
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Merry Christmas from Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mts. Mostly cloudy, low 40’s (5c), no snow.
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Same to you, Carol. Sounds like a beautiful part of the world 🌎
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Cloudy and balmy (18.5C), 65 F so no snow this year. In Texas you never know!! Happy Christmas!!
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Happy Christmas! Does it ever snow in Texas?
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Oh yes!! More up north than here and more here than down south. TEXAS is huge. Snow has almost reached us this year, but not yet this year.
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The mind boggles!
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Merry Christmas from San José Del Cabo, Mexico where it’s currently 28C 🎄😎
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Blimey! That’s a heatwave for us. Happy Christmas Deborah 😊
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Merry Christmas from Illinois! It’s 48° F and sunny. Gorgeous.
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Oooooooh sounds lovely. Are you having a good day?
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Yes! We actually opened most of our presents on Saturday, but we are at our grandparents today and we opened a few from them. What about you?
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I’m in an ice cream coma as we speak 😴
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Lol! Did you get any presents?
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Yes. Mostly clothes. Adam got me an umbrella and Wellington boots for when I watch him play rugby. Hannah got me a belt and Rebecca a picture frame. Fionnuala got me lots of nice stuff, including a beanie hat you can play music from when I run. You?
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I got money for a guitar from one set of grandparents, one aunt and uncle, and my parents. My parents also got me pjs, a set of clothes, and lots of small stuff in my stocking like chocolate, macadamia nuts, and a coloring book. My brothers gave me turquoise earrings. My other aunt gave me perfume, and my other grandparents gave me a blanket and more chocolate and a bathroom scale (because I was sick of borrowing my parents one lol!)
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Sounds like you did pretty good 😊
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Yep!
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Dear friends,
Here in Finland we have much snow and it is also quite cold. So we have white Christmas, which is not unusual here.
Merry Christmas, my friends 🙂
Didi
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Happy Christmas. I hope to visit Scandinavia one day. It sounds beautiful 🙂
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Yes, in Sweden, Norway and Finland you will still come across beautiful winters and somtimes you are able to see Aurora Borealis which is really a beautiful dance of light along the night sky.
Love and blessings
Didi
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Merry Christmas from smack-dab in the middle of the USA… the Kansas City area. It is just about exactly the same temperature as yours except that it is sunny and bright. A perfect day to walk the dog and play with the grandkids.
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Sounds like a plan Russ. Have a lovely day with your family 🙂
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Not surprisingly, we are having another white Christmas. This is not a shock, seeing that our seasonal average of snow is 250 inches (or a little over 20 feet!)
Chuck
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Fionnuala would love to live where you are Chuck 😊
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We’ll gladly put you up should the Blacks ever want to come play in the snow with us!
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Cold but sunny here in Ohio
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Sounds nice 😊
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In my little corner of British Columbia, Canada, it is currently about 2 degrees Celsius. There’s some snow on the local ski hills, but everything is still green here in the valley.
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That sounds beautiful 😊
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Greensboro NC, USA. Sunny but chilly, 9 C.
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Hello from Northern Ireland 😊
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Down the road from you…same weather unsurprising!
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Well, you never know with our weather. Four miles and four seasons in one day.
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True. 4 miles makes all the difference. 😂
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Beautiful, sunny, crisp and clear here in New Jersey. It got up to about 35 degrees Fahrenheit or 1.6 degress Celcius (thank you Google!!) Hope you all have a blessed and wonderful Christmas. Much love here from the US of A!
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Thank you. Happy Christmas. The weather sounds lovely where you are.
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A light jacket and a walk in the woods. Rather nice, but felt more like autumn than winter. We had some heavy snow over here in Durham NC a few weeks ago, but the last of it melted away last week. Merry Christmas!
(Oh, and wow were the woods full of people who needed to get away from the relatives for a while. Tis the season.)
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Happy Christmas Michael. I hope you enjoyed your walk and had a great day.
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Merry Christmas (on Boxing day) from Australia. It’s hot (35 degrees Celsius) even at 11 o clock in the morning) but we’ve still got the Weber on for a roast turkey
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I thought Australians all had their Christmas dinner on the beach. I have relatives who live in Perth.
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We do an English Christmas lunch with my mum’s family. A typical Australian Christmas would probably be a barbeque, maybe at the beach bit maybe at home and then some beach/street/backyard cricket accordingly
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It’s beautiful. Sun is out and it’s very warm just the way I like it
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Sounds lovely Ken. Have a great day 😊
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Santa Cruz, CA. A typical winter day, getting up to about 18.3°C but now down to 4.1°C. We had a little rain last night, keeping us pretty much on a normal season-to-date rainfall. We may avoid both droughts and floods this year, but it is too soon to tell—January and February usually give us most of our annual rainfall.
I went for a short 1.5km run mid-day, and the weather was quite nice for it. I also walked down to the only open grocery store and bought a backpack full of goodies (sparkling apple cider, avocados, bell pepper, baked tofu, and ice cream—but only 473mL not 4L).
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Sounds like you had a productive day. Enjoy the ice cream 😊
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Still have touched the ice cream—my wife made a big bowl of lemon mousse, which we had yesterday and today. Maybe tomorrow for the ice cream.
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That should have been “still haven’t” (I hit the post button before looking at what I had typed).
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No problem lol
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Sounds like a plan 🙂
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We had snow on the ground and minus 4 overnight but, after 3 days of grey skies and rain, the snow was pretty yucky. On the plus side, the sun shone, as it is again today… (though it’s still very cooooold!) Hope you all had a great day yesterday.
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We did, thank you. Stay in and keep warm. Happy Christmas 🎄
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Hi from Buffalo, NY. It snowed but nothing stuck. It’s too warm. Way. Too. Warm.
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Hello Buffalo. How do you define warm? 😉
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Well here in the Southern Hemisphere it’s actually summer. Christmas Day is usually very warm around 30 degrees Celsius.
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Are you kidding? South-East Georgia seldom gets snow. We are lucky if it is not 80 F on Christmas.
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Too hot for me 😰
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They won’t be taking Christmas card pictures here in North Texas. It’s in the mid-sixties and overcast. The nasty stuff hits tonight. There’s some apprehension as we had devastating tornados on this day three years ago and the forecast calls for possible severe storms. Such weather has been extremely rare but it is becoming the new normal…
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I hope you stay safe and it’s not as bad as predicted.
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Love the pic! White Christmas is a classic:) In Minnesota, we should have several inches of snow and ice. Instead, we have gray skies and brown grass with winds. Boring. On the upside, the snow is on the way and we should have 4+ inches before tomorrow morning. Better late than never! 🙂
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Has it arrived yet?
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Snow started late last night. Currently, it is coming down in big, fat, fluffy flakes. I love it!!
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How much did you get?
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Right now we have 2 inches. And tons of slush! Our boots are soaked through within minutes.
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Stay safe and warm 🙂
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We had a rainy, cool day… uncharacteristic for us. This week we’ll be back to our usual sunny and warm, though.
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Where do you live?
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In Michigan, USA we had a small layer of snow – just enough to barely cover the grass. By today it’s all gone.
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Still counts as a White Christmas 😊
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It finally decided to snow here in Wyoming on Christmas lol, unfortunately, it was after I was already an hour into my 4-hour drive home from my parents’ house 🙂 Still nothing beats a magical White Christmas!!!
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Hope you had a great Christmas.
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I did, thank you! I hope yours was merry as well! And I hope you start feeling better soon!
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Thank you Elizabeth.
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We had a green Christmas.
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Us too 😞
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