Christmas in England - the truth

[selenay936]

So, in a little over a week I fly to England for Christmas, weather permitting. (No storms between here, Boston, and England, please

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So where *does* it snow for Christmas in England?

[alyburns]

I've just jinxed it to snow from the moment I land, haven't I?

*nods sagely* *G*

Re: So where *does* it snow for Christmas in England?

[selenay936]

Snow + Christmas + England = does not compute :-D

I am going to regret this post on 25th December, I can tell.

[elenopa]

This is the reason why the Doctor almost never gets real snow at Christmas.

[selenay936]

It makes me happy that any snow he does get at Christmas is either when he's in Victorian times or as a result of a big explosion. Real snow in modern times would irritate me :-)

[hhertzof]

London isn't the only place that gets this treatment. Sometimes NYC has snow at Christmas, but it's rarely enough to stick, let alone fall in beautiful drifts in Central Park.

[selenay936]

I had no idea, really, that NYC doesn't have snowy Christmases. Hollywood has a lot to answer for.

[neadods]

Hollywood has a lot to answer for.

Well, yes!

But no, NYC doesn't get a lot of snow either, and unless it's the middle of Central Park, whatever hits doesn't stay white for very long. Nobody ever does movies about slush on the streets...

[selenay936]

Hollywood doesn't think that slush and mud is romantic. Thus we have these crazy myths that make people think I'm heading for some Victorian Christmas paradise.

[selenay936]

Probably not :-( My diary is getting filled up with things and I want to spend some time with the family. Damn.

[sugoll]

Don't blame Hollywood - blame Dickens. He's the one who started the cult of the cozy Christmas, obsessing about it all being a happy entertaining day in with a large family, and sending the very first Christmas greeting cards. Not to mention writing the definitive Christmas story.

[selenay936]

Ooh, another thing that I can blame that bastard for! I lost so many hours that I'll never get back reading Great Expectations for GCSE. While I've quite enjoyed some of the recent adaptations of his stuff, you'll never get me to actually read the old windbag :-)