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Texas, Christmas Eve snow that lasted until Christmas day and boxing day 2004. The one time that my mom decided to visit for Christmas (doesn't like to deal with the holiday crowds in the airport). We only got 3-4" at our house, and it never stuck on the roads. But in other places, including galveston which is right on the coast, they had snow on the roads and I think, nearly a foot of the stuff.
You could see it from space. The yellow circle in the gif is a little short on the northeast side. The white up past the end of the circle is also snow.

Christmas 2004 will be remembered for the historic snow event that blanketed a large portion of South Texas. Total snowfall accumulations of 4 inches or more occurred over many areas of South Texas during this period. Heavier amounts from 6 to 12 inches were quite common further inland stretching from Duval County northeastward into Victoria and Calhoun Counties.

Officially, 4.4 inches of snow were reported at the Corpus Christi International Airport. This broke the previous 24-hour snowfall record of 4.3 inches set back on February 14, 1895. The 1895 record still stands as the record daily snowfall amount since this recent event started on the 24th (2.3 inches) and ended on the 25th (2.1 inches). This was the second white Christmas ever recorded in Corpus Christi. The other white Christmas occurred back in 1918 when 0.1 inch was reported. Officially, Victoria received a snowfall total amount of 12.5 inches for this event. This also broke the previous 24-hour snowfall record which was 12.0 inches set back in February 14, 1895. However, the 1895 record still stands as daily snowfall of 2004 was split over a two day period (10.0 inches on Dec 24th and 2.5 inches on Dec 25th.) This is the first known white Christmas for the Victoria area.