It need not snow on Dec. 25 to fit the weather service's definition of a white Christmas, but some flurries would certainly help put folks in the holiday spirit.

The National Weather Service defines a white Christmas as having one inch of snow on the ground on the morning of Dec. 25. ... the song's lyrics bring out a romanticized image of Christmases past, ...

Most likely written in 1938 or 1939, according to Linda Emmet, Berlin’s daughter and co-editor of “The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin,” in a 2000 interview, “White Christmas” may have ...

The National Weather Service defines a white Christmas as having one inch of snow on the ground on the morning of Dec. 25. ... the song's lyrics bring out a romanticized image of Christmases past, ...

Christmas Eve will find me, where the lovelight gleams. I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams . — “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” by Kim Gannon and Walter Kent, 1943 ...

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know. Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow “White Christmas” launched a revolution ...

To be official, about an inch of snow is considered a "white Christmas." And last year, by that measure, was one. There were 11½ inches of snow on Christmas 1929.