David Epstein says there's a chance we could get some light snow Saturday into Sunday.
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NOPE.
By anne
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 8:19am
NOPE.
bring it on
By teric
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 8:31am
n/t
Snow in the forecast
By roadman
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 9:07am
That must explain why Parks and Recreation crews have started stringing the Christmas lights on the Common this morning. Despite the fact it's not even Haloween and, more importantly, there are still a gazillion leaves on all the trees.
Ugh
By Born in Southie
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 9:42am
Are they Christmas lights or holiday lights? Aaaargh, so not ready for all that comes along with the season.
Lights
By anon
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 11:18am
"Are they Christmas lights or holiday lights? "
Is there a technical difference between Christmas lights and holiday lights?
Halloween lights do exist
By Ron Newman
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 5:45pm
and you'll see them occasionally around Somerville and probably other cities and towns.
They're Christmas lights. I
By anon
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 11:24am
They're Christmas lights. I don't think my friends who practice the Jewish faith would appreciate it if the city started calling a menorah a holiday candelabra.
Personally, my family has always celebrated Christmas, and Easter for that matter, as secular holidays... Santa Claus, Rudolph, Easter Bunny, Easter egg hunts, etc. I understand that these holidays' origins are religious, but over the decades they've become mainstreamed and secularized for many. To pretend that Christmas and Easter aren't Christmas and Easter is kind of silly.
I would argue that the
By cfp
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 1:37pm
I would argue that the origins of those holidays are actually pagan and not religious. The religious aspect came later.
My family has also enjoyed tree and egg worship minus the religious aspect for generations. I was raised atheist (as in I was told that there is no God from a very early age), but my family still exchanges gifts on Christmas, and we decorate trees and put up lights. We just make a point of getting together, especially now that we all live in different states.
http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/why-is-chr...
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/easter-symbols
Pagan religions....
By Michael Kerpan
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 3:15pm
... are/were religions too. ;-}
Edit: "Christian" though I
By cfp
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 5:37pm
Edit: "Christian" though I can also argue that early paganism wasn't exactly a religion as we think of it today.
Since when is putting lights
By lbb
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 4:05pm
Since when is putting lights in trees part of the Christian liturgy?
nah
By cybah
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 11:18am
They were doing Winthrop Square park last week. I think they start early. And who's to blame'em. Last thing I'd want to do on late November day is scale a tree and string Christmas Lights.
Even though it's obviously
By roadman
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 11:32am
easier to string lights in trees that are devoid of leaves - as would be the case in late November.
Triple holiday threat!
By lbb
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 4:01pm
So, this means that if there IS snow, the weight of the snow plus the leaves will not only bring tree limbs crashing down all over the Common, but it'll bring down all those light strings too. Can't we get a turkey in there somewhere?
French Toast Alert...
By oddjob60
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 9:14am
...Guarded?
As long as it's not on a work day
By anon
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 9:15am
Wonder what traffic will be like as thousands of drivers act like they've never seen snow before.
No
By Andrew8-8000
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 9:17am
No, No, No- BUT , we did have snow a few days before Halloween a few years ago.
It was actually on Halloween
By relaxyapsycho
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 9:48am
It was actually on Halloween a few years back, about 2 inches, and we finished that winter with less than a foot of snow total I believe. I'll take that trade off.
October 29, 2011
By lbb
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 4:04pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Halloween_nor'easter
27 inches at my house in western MA. Light fluffy stuff, fun to ski in, no big deal, gone a few days later.
Saturday into Sunday? It's
By Hyde_Parker
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 10:18am
Saturday into Sunday? It's Tuesday. There is puh-lenty of time for that forecast to change.
Forecast change?
By roadman
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 11:33am
Right now, they're calling for snow showers. By Friday morning, they could be prediciting a blizzard.
True Dat
By Hyde_Parker
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 12:32pm
It's usually how that goes. When the forecast predicts six feet five days out we end up with a dusting. When the forecast starts with flurries, better batten down the hatches.
True that!
By teric
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 1:38pm
...maybe we'll get a blizzard!
(dang, roadman already made this comment...apologies)
I wouldn't mind snow. I
By cfp
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 10:33am
I wouldn't mind snow. I actually prefer it to rain while I'm on long runs during the weekends. Besides, I'm kind of ready for it to start feeling like a real New England fall--and yes, that means some snow!
I guess it's the little kid in me that still gets excited for snow days, even though it's not exactly new to me. The most "tropical" winter I have ever experienced was living in NY state.
BRING IT!
By MassMouse
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 11:14am
I'll be out of town for the weekend. :P
Hooray! Now to get my space
By gotdatwmd
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 1:08pm
Hooray! Now to get my space savers ready.
Did you say a four-letter word.
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 3:31pm
LALALALALALALALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU LALALALALALALALALALA
81 degrees at 5:55 here in
By Scratchie
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 5:55pm
81 degrees at 5:55 here in Raleigh. 8-)
I prefer....
By Michael Kerpan
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 8:33pm
... Boston's weather. I lived in Georgia for almost 8 years -- and was delighted to move back to someplace with "normal" weather.
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