If you're dreaming of a white Christmas this year, don't hold your breath.
Less than 30-percent of the U.S. has snow on the ground this week, and the National Weather Service says places that sometimes have a white Christmas, like Chicago, certainly will not this year. That’s less than the 10 year average of 34-percent.
In case you didn’t know, technically, a white Christmas happens when there's at least one inch of snow on the ground. Parts of the U.S. most likely to see a white Christmas are Idaho, Maine, Minnesota and upstate New York, as well as the Rockies, Sierra Nevada and Allegheny Mountains.
The fascination with a white Christmas probably started around 1942, when Bing Crosby sang “White Christmas” for the movie “Holiday Inn.”
Source: USA Today