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Snow on Christmas Day |
We once attended a birthday party for the 8-year-old daughter of a friend. Adrienne's birthday was just a week before Christmas and when the cake came, she blew out her candles and announced that her wish had been that there would be snow on Christmas Day. Her mom told her she was supposed to keep her wish a secret, but she just shrugged and said, "Doesn't matter. It never snows here anyway." She was almost right. It does snow in New Orleans, but only once in a very great while. According to the National Weather Service, snow accumulating in measurable amounts has occurred in the city less than 20 times since 1849. The largest snowfall was in 1895, when New Orleans saw an amazing 8 inches! The snow wish didn't come true that Christmas. But we live in hope and every winter, most people in the region make the same wish Adrienne made: "I hope it snows this year." And to the snow-deprived, even without benefit of birthday candles, it's always a heartfelt wish. -- Nancy |
White Christmas The sun is shining, the grass is green And the orange and palm trees sway, There's never been such a day In Beverly Hills, L.A.; But it's December the twenty-fourth And I am longing to be up North. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know, Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write, May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white. -- Irving Berlin |
New Orleans: The great snowfall of 1895...I'm sorry I missed this one! |
Merry Christmas |