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[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 52 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No.

We get around 48" per year. I love this shit.

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wish I got 48" every year 😔

Or at least like 2", once

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

... that's what she said...

I'm so sorry.

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That was the intention, haha

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I overthought this and wondered if a 48" thing can really go all the way in, but I was surprised to know that “The average erect penis is longer than the average vagina. ” and that it's not really possible to ‘break through’ the cervix and go further.

Even ignoring girth, it'd probably be very painful for her (without training, I suppose) if someone just rams their 40" into her.

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean even if it was 48" in total yearly, that'd be 8 6-inchers or 9 5-inchers. I'd be fine with that :p

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[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, a green Christmas would be extremely concerning

[–] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

Shrek disagrees

[–] onoki@reddthat.com 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I live in a northern country with cold winters. The alternative to "white Christmas" is really an icy or wet Christmas. Green would not even cross my mind.

And certainly I prefer snow over sleet or black ice on the roads.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

i mean, australia we have summer christmas and it’s kinda amazing… new years and christmas parties and festivals outside are amazing

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If it's not snowing, it's still not green. It's just grey. Grey is worse because at least the snow is pretty.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Snow becomes pretty ugly pretty quick, at least in cities.

Grey christmas it is, every year.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I figured it was more about fresh snow. :) fresh snow in the city is at least white, and pretty in a ... Chaotic sense.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on the person. It sometimes gets into the negative double digits F where I live. Its forecasted to snow around Christmas and I'm hyped as fuck.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

I used to live further North and I miss the snow. We still get some here, but it typically melts off within a week or two.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago

No. Give me snow. Give me snow year round.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I live in the north of Sweden. I always hope for a white Christmas. If there's no snow, it's so dark, and gloomy. A few hours of sunlight in a day. No snow usually means it's cold enough for rain and a little bit of snow, but also warm enough to melt it to turn it into slush.

So definitely, we always hope for a crisp, snowy Christmas. Every year. More opportunities for outdoor activities then, too.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Never. Christmas time should be cold af, dark for most if not all of the day, and in deep snow.

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I spent Christmas one time in Australia. It was surreal. I don't think I'd ever get used to that, so, not me.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I often wonder if people who live in Australia feel a similar way considering how Christmas time is typically depicted.

[–] postnataldrip@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Aussie here, to me xmas = summer time. Xmas movies always felt irrelevant, and the idea of Santa wearing all his gear is mental when it's often 40C+ and humid af.

Being cold would feel alien that time of year, even more so if it snowed because that doesn't happen in 99% of the country regardless of the time of year.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

also i’ve told some US friends about my new years plans: outdoors, festival, parties kinda thing… they’re blown away by how amazing it sounds for this particular period

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah. Sitting by the pool in 25c watching the kids have a swim

I did spend 10 years in northern England from 2000 and a cold possibly white Christmas took ages to get used to

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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 11 points 2 weeks ago

No way. Keep your heat, I’ll be snowboarding.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Im not in a "cold" climate, but its the pacific northwest. It gets chilly this time of year. People still dream of white Christmases. Its the idealized Christmas.

[–] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm surrounded by pine trees, blackberry bushes, and ivy. Christmas looks pretty green to me!

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

Nope. Who doesn't love the idea of a winter wonderland Christmas?

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We can like snow in December. Hate it until next december. We will have brown Christmases some years, and there is a sense of disappointment over it.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Last year I had the all you can eat mexican buffet on Christmas eve. I ended up having a “brown Christmas.”

[–] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Judging from the answers, it seems like no. And really, most people I know that live up north go somewhere warm in January or February, so get the escape then. I’m 45 and two winters ago I had my first white Christmas. And let me tell you, it was freaking MAGIC. We got like a foot to two feet depending where you were on the property. We were exposed to someone with Covid on Christmas Eve so for the next week we were sequestered away, with food and drinks and a beautiful winter wonderland. None of us ended up with covid but my daughters best friends grandfather is immunocompromised so we’re extra careful. We made a slide off the deck, walked in the woods behind the house, lounged around, did puzzles and read books, and just generally had the most peaceful and relaxed time.

I’ve always lived in warm places, and the Pacific Northwest now, so for me, snow is the most magic thing in the world.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We live in cold climates because we like cold climates. 😉

[–] WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This; it's only 3 months out of the year (well, at least the snow) and I like that there's variety in my year.

Being an adult also means I get to choose when I go out, now, so the cold/snow bothers me even less.

But, like you said, I also live here because I like snow.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yup. Though I do understand many people can't afford to move, most that I know wouldn't want to even if they could.

[–] Noobnarski@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

No, because snow is nice and beautiful. The problem is, we don't get a white christmas (or have snow for most of the winter) every year, because where I live we mostly either get wet warm winds which lead to rain or we get cold dry winds which just lead to cold days without snow.

[–] unconsciousvoidling@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It used to snow and I would get tired of it, but now that doesn’t happen much anymore …i don’t mind it if it does.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I like to pretend that song is racist as fuck and then pretend to be upset every time it comes on the air. It amuses me.

It's also fun to pretend that it's about cocaine.

[–] Subdivide6857@midwest.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

The snow doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the -20 degree F temps. These nips could cut glass.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

My red and green this Christmas is fat sweet cherry tomatoes ripening in the sun on my balcony. I would love a little rain to ease the fire danger in the hills, but I had all the snow I need for life during college. It's funny the snowy people who said they can't even fathom green, if it weren't white it would be brown, they're right about their reality but you asked for a dream. I'm living the dream.

The other nice thing about being in Los Angeles at Christmas is that it's quiet and there's very little traffic, because so many people rushed off to visit the snow, either local skiing or far away.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

No. But, lately it's not white on christmas.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have always wondered what a white Christmas would be like.

Usually it is baking hot here, none of the "traditional" foods make sense...

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same where I live. And then you see all the shop windows dressed with fake snow and people buying santa hats when it's 40⁰C out there and the whole ordeal feels so out of place

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[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nope. Christmas just isn't Christmas without snow

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t live anywhere cold now, but when I did it was in an urban area. Urban snow is pretty for a couple of hours max before the cars, people, pollution, shitting dogs, etc give it a disgusting tinge. It was also miserably cold to me, regularly getting down into the 10s and 20s F (-12 to -6 C).

I wouldn’t say I was dreaming of a green Christmas necessarily, but a white one isn’t all it’s cracked up to be if you’re not living in a cottage in the woods!

[–] JohnyRocket@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

We used to have white christmases and dream of them too, now with climate change we dream of them but have green / brown ones in reality.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is the song "Hot Christmas" they used to play on the radio in Florida.

https://youtu.be/iUDywEojT88

And this is the wiggles on the beach singing their song "Christmas Picnic". Looks like fun!

https://youtu.be/A0XCKRCBuhs

[–] thefatfrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

No. We enjoy the shit out of spring, summer, and fall.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tasmaina, Austalia here, gets to 23c around Christmas where I am.

I'd not live somewhere where it snowed, id not live in the tropics (I used to do the latter from being a kid until it got too much and I left)

[–] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I love the snow covered scenery if it’s like 30 F (-1 C) outside. We got our first big snow yesterday, and it’s definitely an improvement over browns and grays we’ve had for a month. When it’s negative degrees F though, that can piss right off.

My favorite season is spring, when the very first spring ephemeral flowers pop through the slush and mud, before the tree leaves bud out. I wouldn’t want to miss that.

these guys

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