CHRISTMAS IDIOMS: A WHITE CHRISTMASâ 

Happy Friday and welcome back, everyone! This week our theme is Christmas Idioms.

Today’s idiom is: A WHITE CHRISTMAS.

Definition: A Christmas when there is snow. 

This is an interesting concept, because in many parts of the Western Hemisphere, there is not snow during Christmas. (Snow typically comes later, in January and February). This idea (and expression) was made famous by Charles Dickens. Some of his writings mention snow during Christmas, because when he was a child it was a very cold decade in England. It is also famous because of the song sung by Bing Crosby called "White Christmas." Here are two lines from the song Crosby sang. 

Example 1:
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know.

Example 2:
May your days, may your days, may your days
Be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.

Following is a link to the song, if you'd like to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QLn7gM-hY

And here is a link to a fascinating article about how Charles Dickens helped create our image of Christmas as filled with snow.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181217-how-dickens-made-white-christmas-a-myth

This concludes our lessons for 2020. As always, thank you for reading. We hope you are ending this year with a little higher level of English!

Happy Holidays to you all. We'll see you on January 11th, when we resume the Daily Vitamin lessons.