We surely had a White Christmas this year, with at least 20 inches of the stuff on the ground here along the Illinois-Wisconsin border. That is, until yesterday when the rain and 50 degree temps melted a lot of it away.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25th, the Chicago Tribune ran an article with all sorts of interesting "White Christmas" facts and stuff. "I'm dreaming of a ...White Christmas (by the numbers)
40-- Percentage of Chicago Christmases that are considered "White Christmases" where at least one inch of snow on the ground at 6 AM
2003-- the most recent "white Christmas" in Chicago until this year
1951-- the year of Chicago's "whitest Christmas" with 17 inches on the ground
2000-- Chicago's second whitest with 12 inches
100-- Number of consecutive days with one-inch-plus snow in Chicago's snowiest winter, 1978-1979. Only one inch on the ground Christmas Day, however. (No kidding here. Until last winter, that was the last of what I call "Bad" winters.
1940-- the year Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas"
101-- Irving Berlin's age when he died in 1989
1954-- Year the movie "White Christmas" was released
1942-- Bing Crosby's recording of "White Christmas" released in the movie "Holiday Inn"
11-- Number of weeks Crosby's song topped the charts in 1942
5-- Ranking by ASCAP of the top-most performed holiday song
12,000,000-- Dollars spent on rentals of the movie "White Christmas
So, Who's Dreaming of a White Christmas? Probably Those Rotten Snowmobilers Who Won't Come Over and Clear My Driveway. I Mean, If They're Getting Something They Want, It's the Least They Could Do. --RoadDog
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