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Okay, for all of you people who live in the Northern hemisphere, I wanna know one thing: What's it like to have Christmas in Winter?

It rules. There's nothing better than for it to be cold as balls out while you're huddled up by the fire really enjoying yourself.

It's cold. What's it like having Chirstmas in summer?

Normal. :D What's it like having Christmas in summer?

Eh, I wouldn't know. In Southern California, all we get is rainy season, muddy season, windy season, dry season, and back to rainy season.

In Christmas we're usually at rainy/muddy season. It sucks.

It's cold. What's it like having Chirstmas in summer?
Surprisingly, it's hot.

I think you should be telling us what it's like to have Christmas in summer.

It's cold. What's it like having Chirstmas in summer?

It's great. We usually have a BBQ & play some backyard cricket, then the next day we go along to the MCG for the Boxing Day Test.

I think you should be telling us what it's like to have Christmas in summer.
It's pretty good. You wake up and it's nice and sunny, you go and open presents, then have a cold lunch outside with relatives.

It gets cold in Houston, but when it seems like it's going to snow, it gets juuuuust warm enough so that the rain doesn't freeze. It's horribly wet. I call it "sick weather".

It's pretty good. You wake up and it's nice and sunny, you go and open presents, then have a cold lunch outside with relatives.
It's just the opposite here. You wake up hopefully with snow falling, you open presents before a fire and eat a heavy meat dinner. It's really cold outside, but really warm inside.

And if you're my family, you watch "A Christmas Story".

This is all quite fascinating and touching in a way. [/serious]

For me it's normally open Presents, play/watch/read them till dusk.. then head to the local park for some hockey till midnight.

in other words: Fantastic!

In Montreal, the first snow is usually around Christmas, so it adds to the fun.
Oh, and one more thing: fireplaces!!!!!! More appreciated in winter; it adds to the happy/cozy atmosphere.
Christmas lights look good in the snow.

I live in Northern Wisconsin. That means that Christmas is an especially festive day. Why? Because it gives us the chance to forget that we live in the snowed in, -15 degree F. hell that N. Wisconsin is.

So to get back to the point, I spend most of the day with family. On Christmas eve I go with my parents to my mom's family. Since they're all of scandinavian origin, we eat some stuff like lutefisk, crumbcacas, some fruit soup, and lefsa.
On Christmas day, we go to my dad's family. Since it's exclusively of redneck origin, we feast on chicken, ribs, and pickled northern fish. Still, though, I love them just as much as my mom's family. All in all, it's a happy season.

I get visited by three spirits, then let my employee have off. I then bring a fat goose over to his house, and also pay for the wee crippled kids' leg surgery.

Santa Claus (or Yule Goat) doesn't have to use a flying sled.

OTOH, there have been "black yuletides" recently. If you wonder how he gets there when there's no snow, I know the answer: Saab 99, or Lada.

In Montreal, the first snow is usually around Christmas, so it adds to the fun.
Oh, and one more thing: fireplaces!!!!!! More appreciated in winter; it adds to the happy/cozy atmosphere.
Christmas lights look good in the snow.

Hey Hey, a fellow Montrealer ^.^ well, i'm Pointe Claire, but close enough

Not bad, since here in Colorado we never have snow on the ground on Christmas, and in fact, it's usually one of our warmest winter days... We usually just go to one of my realitive's houses, sit around and chat, eat some Honey Baked Ham (the only acceptable Christmas meat in my family), open presents, then sit around watching movies and chatting until about 9. It's about the only time of year that my family actually gets along, so it's nice.

Hey Hey, a fellow Montrealer ^.^ well, i'm Pointe Claire, but close enough
I'm not in Montreal anymore... decided to move away from smog/traffic/bridges/broken metro...
Now I'm in Rimouski, 500km to the north-east.
We have a longer winter (add 3 weeks).
But better sunsets. :p

It's pretty good. You wake up and it's nice and sunny, you go and open presents, then have a cold lunch outside with relatives.
OMG! I want to do that! Plus it will be nice out when I work like 40 hours in the week before Christmas! ^.^

Well, up here in Maine, a nice roaring fire helps you forget that you're inside because it's sub zero F and you have to be inside because your door is blocked by several feet of snow.

Okay, for all of you people who live in the Northern hemisphere, I wanna know one thing: What's it like to have Christmas in Winter?

The opposite of having Christmas in Summer. :D

Full of Snowmen.

Ninja Snowmen.

SnowNinjas?

Okay, for all of you people who live in the Northern hemisphere, I wanna know one thing: What's it like to have Christmas in Winter?

Its Great! Especially when it actually snows.

I grew up in Massachusetts where we looked for a lot of snow around Christmas. In 1963, I spent a Christmas in St. Petersburg, Florida. We went swimming at Clearwater Beach. It was a definite novelty. Please, give me those good old cold winter Christmases with snow on the ground. :)

I live near Vancouver, the furthest point southwest on Canada, and it kinda sucks having Christmas in the winter.

First, throughout the entire year it will only snow twice--in February. Everything is either a dark grey because of the cloudy skies, or yellow from unnatural lighting. The tempature may get close to zero C (32 F) but the humidity makes it seem colder; my aunt from the prairies said that 5 degrees here seems like -10, because of humidity. We have to listen to the rest of Canada bitch about the snow, when it is the main thing everyone wants for Xmas.

It could be worse, I could live in Prince Rupert; it rains 225 days a year their.

Hell, I was born in Houston. I was ten the first time I saw snow. It snowed less than an inch and they closed all the schools.

Since then I've lived a lot of colder places, and to me it doesn't feel like Christmas until it gets really cold.

I live in the snowbelt in Ontario (Just south of Georgian Bay) so Christmas is usually proceeded by a week of snowmobiles and sleds (for those who can get it off). Christmas day we dig out and head to my grandparents where we eat much more turkey and ham than is safe. Then we head out to my dad's family and do more of the same. Then we hit the fields in the Sleds my cousin borrowed from work (Yamaha dealer). Generally, lots of playing around outside for all ages, freezing and wet when you get in, lots of time by the fireplace.