Merry Christmas from Canada! Here I am spending Christmas at my friend's parent's farm in Canada instead of with family in Sweden this year!

@Pretzel
No! Not a flake! It's relatively warm here today, just hovering on the freezing mark, but slightly above. The snow is melting though we had about half an inch of snow a few days ago with freezing rain, which is so foreign to me!

@SandWitch I remember being in Illinois during the winter - that is odd - I guess climate change is showing it's ugly face

@Pretzel
Apparently where we are here is the warmest spot in Canada for most of the winters!

@SandWitch One would think you would need to travel to the west coast of Canada to have the warmest winters

@Justlivingthedream
According to what I've been reading about Canada, the warmest part of Canada during winter is south-western Ontario in the Great Lakes Region which lies at the same latitude as northern California.

Statistically speaking, south-western Ontario has an average winter temperature of 5 degrees above the freezing mark and winter only lasts for a maximum of 90 days in any year, at which point crops are actually being planted and home owners are cutting their grass while the rest of Canada are still blowing snow!

A warm, short winter is not the case for Canada's western regions nor even Canada's far west coast like Vancouver, which lies at least 400 miles further north-latitude than south-western Ontario.

@SandWitch Average high temperatures for Vancouver in December is 6c and January 7c. Windsor ON is 3c in December and 0c In January. Toronto same. I think you need to check your facts again.