Does having a White Christmas make Christmas Day different? Do you feel differently and how so?

Question

Diane ..is called nolstagia..rite..no money could buy that

Answer 1

There is something about a white Christmas that brings back many memories of old. It is that time of the year when I miss being a kid again especially when I am somewhere where it snows. It is the cold, drinking hot drinks, snuggling near a fire with the lights down low and the Christmas tree lighted. Even if you don't have someone special, you have your thoughts and memories. It is midnight mass and hearing your boots crunch in the snow as you walk up the steps to the cathedral to worship. It is wondering if the animals really lie down in the fields at midnight. It is joining others in Christmas Carols and looking at the faces of the little ones so full of anticipation. It is a time of year we all feel close to our Lord.

Answer 2

As it's been said above, Christmas is Christmas, with or without the snow. But there's something wonderful about a white Christmas-- all is quiet, serene, white. The snow glistens off the trees, is beautiful on the hills, and brings a little magic that's just DIFFERENT. It's not bad when it doesn't snow, but it's especially wonderful when it does. There's nothing like waking up to a few feet of snow on Christmas morning in the mountains!

Answer 3

Yes, I do feel snow makes Christmas day different. To me, Christmas is a holiday that is filled with beauty and wonder that no other holiday provides. Christmas snow seems to add to the magic...especially as the sun goes down and the outside lights get turned on...the colors just dance off the snow like diamonds. So beautiful. The other thing I absolutely love is when the snow falls on Christmas Eve and it looks like you're inside of a snowglobe. Pure magic.

Answer 4

No. Christmas has nothing to do with the weather. You don't need to having your city covered in snow to have the feeling of Christmas.

Christmas is a feeling, a sentiment.

Christmas is not Christmas if all the polically-correct people refuse to play Christmas music and wish each other a Merry Christmas.

Christmas is not Christmas when you replace Christmas with "Holiday" or talk about jolly Santa Claus and gifts, instead of focusing on the reason for Christmas.

Answer 5

I actually prefer a green and warm Christmas,but the big thing for me is celebrating Jesus,the Word Made Flesh.

Answer 6

Is Christmas a celebration based on the Bible?
Date of the celebration
M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopædia says: “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source.”—(New York, 1871), Vol. II, p. 276.
Luke 2:8-11 shows that shepherds were in the fields at night at the time of Jesus’ birth. The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus states: “The flocks . . . passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”—(New York, 1962), Henri Daniel-Rops, p. 228.
The Encyclopedia Americana informs us: “The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the ‘rebirth of the sun.’ . . . The Roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration.”—(1977), Vol. 6, p. 666.
The New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges: “The date of Christ’s birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month . . . According to the hypothesis suggested by H. Usener . . . and accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the invincible sun). On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.”—(1967), Vol. III, p. 656.
Wise men, or Magi, led by a star
Those Magi were actually astrologers from the east. (Matt. 2:1, 2, NW; NE) Although astrology is popular among many people today, the practice is strongly disapproved in the Bible. (See pages 144, 145, under the main heading “Fate.”) Would God have led to the newborn Jesus persons whose practices He condemned?
Matthew 2:1-16 shows that the star led the astrologers first to King Herod and then to Jesus and that Herod then sought to have Jesus killed. No mention is made that anyone other than the astrologers saw the “star.” After they left, Jehovah’s angel warned Joseph to flee to Egypt to safeguard the child. Was that “star” a sign from God or was it from someone who was seeking to have God’s Son destroyed?
Note that the Bible account does not say that they found the babe Jesus in a manger, as customarily depicted in Christmas art. When the astrologers arrived, Jesus and his parents were living in a house. As to Jesus’ age at that time, remember that, based on what Herod had learned from the astrologers, he decreed that all the boys in the district of Bethlehem two years of age and under were to be destroyed.—Matt. 2:1, 11, 16.
Gift giving as part of the celebration; stories about Santa Claus, Father Christmas, etc.
The practice of Christmas gift giving is not based on what was done by the Magi. As shown above, they did not arrive at the time of Jesus’ birth. Furthermore, they gave gifts, not to one another, but to the child Jesus, in accord with what was then customary when visiting notable persons.
The Encyclopedia Americana states: “During the Saturnalia . . . feasting prevailed, and gifts were exchanged.” (1977, Vol. 24, p. 299) In many instances that represents the spirit of Christmas giving—an exchanging of gifts. The spirit reflected in such gift giving does not bring real happiness, because it violates Christian principles such as those found at Matthew 6:3, 4 and 2 Corinthians 9:7. Surely a Christian can give gifts to others as an expression of love at other times during the year, doing so as often as he wants to.
Depending on where they live, children are told that gifts are brought by Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Père Noël, Knecht Ruprecht, the Magi, the elf Jultomten (or Julenissen), or a witch known as La Befana. (The World Book Encyclopedia, 1984, Vol. 3, p. 414) Of course, none of these stories are actually true. Does the telling of such stories build in children a respect for truth, and does such a practice honor Jesus Christ, who taught that God must be worshiped with truth?—John 4:23, 24.

Answer 7

yes it does i do feel different because you are talking about the white snow . every one expect to see lots of snow and the color is white thats why.