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| A White Christmas in 2014 |
Christmas that is. A white Christmas like in the songs. Charlie from Down Under thought that it would be. Since it was Norway and all and isn't Norway a cold place to be? Well...
Yes. Norway is a cold country. Part of it is above the polar circle, which means it is very cold. But, when I moved to Norway, I moved to a part of the country where snow is rare. Rain is much more common. Don't get me wrong, there has been snow each winter I have been here (4 so far), but more often the temperatures are in the plus and we get rain.
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| It was a White Christmas last year. In between the browns and such... |
So, what about a white Christmas then? The first Christmas I spent in Norway (with my sister, who came over to support me and/or be nosy about the new place), it actually snowed on Christmas Eve. I kid you not! But by the time my sister arrived, the snow started melting. That night temperatures dropped and all that melting snow turned into ice. We were careful, otherwise we would have had a very different white Christmas (although I would have picked an orange or pink cast if possible).
My second year was probably brown/grey/green and wet. But the last two Christmases were actually white. I had to look it up, but I wrote that there had been snow and even had some photos to prove it! This year? Not very likely. The forecast is for rain and temperatures close to double figures (in Celsius).
So, Charlie was partly right. Unfortunately though, this year is not going to be white.
The jury is still out for us. Seems Charlie is really wishing the white snow on many of us!
ReplyDeleteYour Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
Well, I wouldn't mind some white stuff either!
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteMuch the same as here then... in fact, it started chucking the wet stuff about an hour ago and as the wind is horizontal, so's the rain! YAM xx
Yep, we've got the same storm here. And storm usually means bad telly or even no telly at all (the British channels only).
DeleteWE are HOPING that all the White STUFFS that has been Totally Covering our yard... MIGHT BE GONE fur Christmas... THAT would be GOOD... IN OUR OPINION.
ReplyDeleteNo white Christmas here either...in fact it might be 60 degrees F. WooHoo bring out the flip flops
ReplyDeleteHugs madi and mom
We still have some snow on the ground. Hopefully it will stay there until Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI hope so for you. It just looks so much nicer with a covering of white!
DeleteIt's certainly not how we picture Norway.
ReplyDeleteBut our part of Canada is certainly true to form right now.
That's like us, we get rain in the Winter! Of course our temperatures are a little higher than yours most days. Hope your have a white Christmas and a Merry one too!
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