White Christmas

We wanna wish you a merry Christmas, We wanna wish you a merry Christmas,
We wanna wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy new year.. :)

This and many such carols have been a part of my Christmas till date. This year, I will be listening to itialian versions of these songs.. :). Yes, I am travelling to Rome for Christmas.... And hence, although the topic of this blog is white christmas, the only days I will have white is post and pre christmas, but probably not christmas itself.

There is a saying that goes around stating that it is not Christmas on the 25th of december only, but on every day that something good is done selflessly. So I presume, I have had my share of white christmas this year, and hence have nothing to complain about.

So what is so special about a white christmas, its just another christmas with at lease an inch of snow around. As I remember it, when christ was born, it was pretty cold, but there was no snow. :). So a tropical christmas is more realistic than a white christmas. So why be so catchy about a white christmas to write songs (Irving Berlin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)) and make movies about(Michael Curtiz: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047673/).

I was reading through some websites and I found that there is a reason for white christmas being special. It is said that although december is considered to be the coldest time of the year, geographically, it is rare for it to snow during christmas in most of the countries. Unless you are staying in the coldest of mountains or in the northmost areas world, a white christmas is a rarity. Even in places like UK, Canada and Switzerland where snow is a common climatic anamoly, it is quite rare that snow falls during christmas time.

I guess it is true because as it is approaching Christmas, the weather seems to have warmed in Zürich. In fact there is a forecast of sun for the entire next week. It has not snowed in the past few days and the chance seems to be pretty rare that it will snow this week. So well you see, even though it snowed quite well this month, it does not seem to promise a white christmas (wether forecast predicts sun and clouds, but no snow)

For those who have seen how beautiful snow looks (others can see my photo album : http://picasaweb.google.co.in/libintho/SnowAgain#), it would not be hard to imagine, just how wonderful it would look with all the decorations around. Agreed that the decorations themselves are pretty beautiful and wonderful to look at, but I am sure that the snow would add a lot to the asthetic beauty. Add to that the fun that kids (and some crazy so called adults like me) have so much fun in the snow, it is not difficult to imagine why white christmas has such an important place in most hearts and is a hope to look out for the rest.

Here's wishing all the readers of my blog a very very happy christmas and the best new year ever. Thanks for patronizing my blog... Love you all....