“White Christmas”

1. A popular song for Christmas, composed by Irving Berlin and memorably sung by Bing Crosby. It begins, “I'm dreaming of a white Christmas….”

Example Sentences

Those remaining numbly reiterate the greats from "Black Mirror"’s yesteryear: “Common People” and “Bête Noire” echo themes from “Fifteen Million Merits,” “Hated in the Nation,” and “Nosedive"; “Hotel Reverie” attempts to riff on the “ghost in the machine” romance of “San Junipero"; and “Plaything” makes a muddle of “Smithereens,” “White Christmas,” and, frankly, “USS Callister” — which arguably makes it this season’s Polaris.

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Islanders were lucky enough to have a "kind of" white Christmas this year amid a thaw, he said, with some snow still on the hills.

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New York City experienced its first so-called "white Christmas" - when more than an inch of powder is recorded on the ground - since 2009.

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But those chasing the dream of a white Christmas will have to look to Europe this year.

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The Met Office has forecast a "grey Christmas" with "extremely mild" temperatures for most in the coming days - ruling out any prospect of a white Christmas for the majority of the country.

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