Have you noticed it? That fine, snow-like layer of white powder in certain French towns? Over the past few days, this white powder has covered the ground, houses, trees... parts of the French ...

with 26 inches and 18 inches on the ground, respectively. Christmas snow cover isn't just a northern thing. Some years, parts of the southern U.S. have marveled at the sight of a white Christmas.

The latest:Chances of snow, freezing rain in Florida inch ... accounts of what they termed an “extraordinary white rain” covering the ground. The Inuit and Yupik languages have forty to ...