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Dreaming Of A 'White Christmas'? Here's What History Suggests.

It's a legendary song, but how common is it, really? We take a statistical deep dive to show that, indeed, for most of the country, a white Christmas isn't the norm most years.

By Jonathan Erdman • 3 hours ago

Your Historical Odds Of A White Christmas

Many dream of a white Christmas this time of year, but history has shown it's not as common as you might think in areas that typically see snow each winter.

How it's defined: It turns out meteorologists have a strict definition for purposes of statistics. A white Christmas is defined as having at least 1 inch of snow on the ground Christmas morning.

It's snow cover , not falling snow, that counts. So, if there's no snow on the ground in the morning,

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