BOSTON - Boston's dreams of a white Christmas have come true for 2024. The National Weather Service defines a "white Christmas" as having an inch or more of snow on the ground for Christmas morning.

Just a few weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bing Crosby publicly broadcast “White Christmas” for the first time. After playing the track on his radio show, it became an immediate symbol of a simpler, safer time — an emblem of Christmas that may or may not have ever existed but one that many of us, even now, desperately cling to.

The National Weather Service says snow depth in Central Park was 1 inch at 7 a.m. Christmas morning. That's the minimum amount of snow needed to make it officially a White Christmas.

Even though Denver was in the 50s through Christmas, other parts of Colorado saw as much as half a foot of snow on Wednesday.

The outgoing and incoming U.S. presidents had different messages for the Christmas holiday on Wednesday, with Democrat Joe Biden urging Americans to reflect

Were you dreaming of a white Christmas? You may be wondering how often we see snow for Christmas here in Maine. It is important to note the actual definition of a “white Christmas." The National Weather Service defines it as “at least 1 inch of snow on the ground on Christmas Day.