I'm dreaming of a White Christmas

Wait a minute... isn't this Norway? Norway - the place far far up North (part of the country even North of the Arctic Circle) where it is cold and dark and snowy? I have been hearing reports from friends of lots of snow in Michigan, New York, and Europe, but none here! We finally got an inch or two one day last week, but it was gone by the afternoon. And that is it! Just rain, rain, rain. Things are still very green because of all of the rain. It has even been pretty warm lately with temps up to 7 degrees celsius (45 F). I have been asking people - what's up? Global warming, or what?! Nope... typical. It is not uncommon to have a Green Christmas in Oslo. The snow begins in January and lasts until April or May.