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I guess it never really occurred to me that folks growing up in the same state as I did would not have experienced a white Christmas as we often had snow at Christmas in the mountains...of course, nothing like what we had when stationed in Minot ND and in Denver. Even had some now and then when in Albuquerque and sometimes in VA. We had a few flakes of snow when my daughter-in-law visited...and she had never seen snow before (grew up and spent her life in FL). I got a kick out of that.

It was so cold in Minot that when you went out to shop, there was often a massive pile of snow at one end of the parking lot as once it started snowing (usually quite early in the year), it all did not all melt until spring. Most people just left their cars running in the parking lot while they shopped to ensure it would start afterwards. The first good snows often started in October...and by Christmas, it was often quite cold.

Why not Minot?

Freezin's the reason.

This is Minot (Main Street) at Christmas (2018). We often had deeper snow in Colorado, but it melted quickly. Personally, I would prefer Christmas in Miami or Las Vegas: