Well I don't know if we'll have a white Christmas in Dublin, but we very nearly had a white Thanksgiving (by the way, the Irish don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but Americans living here do!). Two days after Thanksgiving we awoke to a snow covered ground. I thought to my self, "this will thaw by Monday". It's Monday, 9 days later and we still have snow everywhere. Of course we've had several more snowstorms since then and with the sub-zero temperatures, this blanket of flakes will take a while to melt. Who knows, it may be that we have a white Christmas simply because the stuff we already have on the ground may decide to stick around until then!
One of the added benefits to all of the wintry weather is that the media has been slightly distracted from all of the reports on the Irish financial mess. Only slightly distracted. The headlines are still focused on the economy, the budget, and the bailout, but at least some of the pages in between the front page and the sports section have a bit of variety now. We'll see how long that lasts. Hopefully at least as long as the snow. - Shay
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