![]() ![]() ![]() During this period the whole of London and much of England experienced what is fondly known as a mini Ice Age, at one point a winter fair was held on the frozen River Thames, as it was so frozen solid that no one was worried about possibly falling in. However, those who labor under this assumption would be wrong we owe our love of white Christmases to none other than the Victorian era. While many may be under the assumption that snow is heavily associated with Christmas because of the transition of former Pagan winter solstice observances into the Christmas feasts. Well, we decided to find out where exactly the association of snowflakes and Christmas began, as well as why we are still to this day obsessed with the idea of a ‘White Christmas’. However, while for many people the idea of a Christmas without snow is just plain wrong, the original biblical story has no mention of snow whatsoever and it only snows in certain parts of Israel, namely the mountains, therefore perhaps our connection with Christmas and snow has less to do with the nativity story and more to do with our own history. Meta:A look at the relationship between Christmas and snow.Ĭhristmas and snow seem to go hand in hand with each other, after all who hasn’t heard the Christmas song “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow” which has been done by multiple artists however Michael Buble is my favorite and therefore I have linked his version so that way you too can energize your Christmas spirit.
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