Americans are obsessed with a white Christmas and all the trimmings – snow, icicles, sleigh rides, frost on window panes, cuddling up by the fire, mittens, the North Pole. Christmas is a cacophony of ...

Christmas tales and carols have long since invoked images of silver bells, horse-drawn sleighs, and, of course, snow. The association of snow with the holiday and its yuletide charm, for those ...