> “That means we have the real Christmas snow.” Well, maybe, but not likely. They have the snow from a well-intended but arbitrary chronological switchover.

> “That means we have the real Christmas snow.” Well, maybe, but not likely. They have the snow from a well-intended but arbitrary chronological switchover. Now if they have snow from 6 - 4 BCE[1], then it's likely they have first Christmas snow/ice. (Not that anyone in Bethlehem saw it!) [1] Or "BC," since we're talking bout the reason for the designation after all.