"White Christmas"

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." -- Edna Ferber (Roast Beef Medium)

To Fullerton To See "White Christmas"

The first Christmas Activity of this year of 2009! It was great!  Cool on the inside of Plumber Hall and 88 on the outside... Welcome to California!

White Christmas

White Christmas

Did you know? - "White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Chritsmas setting. The version sung by Bing Crosby is assumed to be the best selling single of all time. "Grab your pen and take down this song. I just wrote the best song I've ever written — hell, I just wrote the best song that anybody's ever written!"

According to the National Climatic Data Center, basing numbers upon 1988-2005 data and stations with at least 25 years of data, the probability of a White Christmas (one inch of snow on the ground) at selected cities is as follows:

 

City Probability Of Snow
Anchorage, Alaska 90%
Annette Island, Alaska (Alaska Panhandle) 17%
Fairbanks, Alaska 100%
Phoenix, Arizona 1%
Little Rock, Arkansas 3%
Los Angeles, California 1%
San Francisco, California 1%
Denver, Colorado 50%
Hartford, Connecticut 57%
Wilmington, Delaware 13%
Washington, DC 13%
Savannah, Georgia 3%
Boise, Idaho 30%
Chicago, Illinois 40%
Indianapolis, Indiana 30%
Des Moines, Iowa 50%
Topeka, Kansas 23%
Louisville, Kentucky 13%
Portland, Maine 83%
Boston, Massachusetts 23%
Detroit, Michigan 50%
Marquette, Michigan ( Upper Peninsula ) 90%
Duluth, Minnesota 97%
Minneapolis, Minnesota 73%
St. Louis, Missouri 23%
Helena, Montana 67%
Omaha, Nebraska 44%
Reno, Nevada 20%
Concord, New Hampshire 87%
Newark, New Jersey 23%
Albuquerque, New Mexico 3%
Massena, New York 77%
New York, New York 10%
Charlotte, North Carolina 1%
Fargo, North Dakota 83%
Cleveland, Ohio 60%
Akron, Ohio 60%
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 3%
Portland, Oregon 1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 33%
Providence, Rhode Island 37%
Charleston, South Carolina 3%
Rapid City, South Dakota 47%
Nashville, Tennessee 13%
Amarillo, Texas 7%
Dallas, Texas 8%
Salt Lake City, Utah 53%
Richmond, Virginia 7%
Seattle, Washington 8%
Spokane, Washington 70%
Charleston, West Virginia 30%
Huntington, West Virginia 23%
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 60%
Casper, Wyoming 47%