History Main / LetThereBeSnow

* Another one of Creator/RankinBassProductions, ''WesternAnimation/TheStoryOfTheFirstChristmasSnow,'' is similar. A shepherd boy named Lucas is blinded by lightning and is taken to an abbey, where one of the nuns, Sister Teresa, reminisces at length about the white Christmases of her youth. Lucas admits to his friend Louisa that his greatest wish is to have it snow. It happens at the end while the two are in a Nativity play, and he says her description is so nice that he can practically see it. [[spoiler:[[TemporaryBlindness Then he realizes he actually is getting his sight back]]]].

* There's a film called ''Wide Awake'', which is about a young boy named Josh who is struggling with his Christian faith. One of the more mind-boggling elements of the film is the fact that whether it snows or not (when he wants it to) is one of the biggest factors in regards to whether or not he believes God exists.
* In the Creator/WhoopiGoldberg film ''Call Me Claus'', her character's decision to assume the mantle of Santa not only ends the record December heat wave, but causes it to snow in Los Angeles.
* Similarly, at the end of the Creator/KelseyGrammer vehicle ''Mr. St. Nick'', his assumption of his Santa Claus powers causes it to snow in Miami.

* Burl Ives' "Snow for Johnny" is about a youngster "way down in Louisian′" who prays for it to snow so he can build a snowman. Sure enough, come Christmas morning...

* In "The Weather Man" by Theodore L. Thomas, a 126-year-old man named George Andrews petitions the Global Weather Council to let him see snow one last time -- despite the fact that he lives in California, he's too ill to travel, and it's July (he's not going to make it more than another six weeks). Nonetheless, the Council decides to grant his request, partly out of sentiment, partly because of the political capital from granting a dying man's last wish and partly because, as it turns out, Andrews was largely responsible for creating their weather-control tech in the first place a century earlier, but was robbed of the credit. They end up having to generate a weather front tipped perpendicular to the Earth's surface to pull it off, but manage in time, and Andrews passes away peacefully [[GoOutWithASmile beneath a blanket of snow]].

* In "The Weather Man" by Theodore L. Thomas, a 126-year-old man named George Andrews petitions the Global Weather Council to let him see snow one last time -- despite the fact that he lives in California, he's too ill to travel, and it's July. Nonetheless, the Council decides to grant his request, partly out of sentiment, partly because of the political capital from granting a dying man's last wish and partly because, as it turns out, Andrews was largely responsible for creating their weather-control tech in the first place a century earlier, but was robbed of the credit. They end up having to generate a weather front tipped perpendicular to the Earth's surface to pull it off, but manage in time, and Andrews passes away peacefully [[GoOutWithASmile beneath a blanket of snow]].

* Happens in "The Land of Decoration" by Grace McLeen where Judith makes it snow by using an artificial version on her model landscape, to avoid having to go to school and face the local bully. [[spoiler: Things get much more sinister after that, though.]]

* In ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', the TechnoWizard Brains makes it snow ''on their tropical island home'' for Christmas. [[TastesLikeDiabetes It's sickeningly sweet]].

-->-- '''Music/HilaryDuff''', ''When the Snow Comes Down in Tinseltown''

This is when character wants snow on {{Christmas|Tropes}} where it doesn't usually snow, so he asks SantaClaus, or sometimes {{God}}, for snow in a tropical or arid locale that maybe sees it once a century if at all.

** So when he lands on earth at the end of "Waters of Mars", he's pleased to see "real proper snow at last!" (He got some real snow in "Planet of the Ood", too, but that wasn't Christmas-related, so...)
*** Except then he's lost his [[AGodAmI mind]], so it's not exactly happy fun times.

* One of the things that caused the Witchhunters to realize there was something odd about Lower Tadfield in ''Literature/GoodOmens'' was that for ten years, it had ''always'' snowed on Christmas Eve there, no matter what the weather was like in the rest of the country.

This is when character wants snow on UsefulNotes/{{Christmas}} where it doesn't usually snow, so he asks SantaClaus, or sometimes {{God}}, for snow in a tropical or arid locale that maybe sees it once a century if at all.

** So when he lands on earth at the end of "Waters of Mars", he's pleased to see "real proper snow at last!" (He got some real snow in "Planet of the Ood" too, but that wasn't Christmas-related, so...)

* Averted in an episode of ''Series/FullHouse''. Becky loves California but is really missing the snow of her hometown. Her husband gives her a pair of mittens for Christmas, and when she gives him a WTF look, takes her outside, to where the backyard has been transformed into a winter wonderland... He says something about buying about a thousand snowcones...

* In ''WesternAnimation/ScaryGodmother: The Revenge of Jimmy'', Jimmy's efforts to prevent Halloween from coming cause all sorts of odd things to happen, including snow to start falling.

* It always snows in ''Series/Barney|AndFriends'' Christmas specials, always, and it's made all the funnier by the show having been produced in Texas.

* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', thanks to [[MadScientist Heloise]]. Since Miseryville is essentially {{Hell}}, this quite an accomplishment.

This is when character wants snow on Christmas]] where it doesn't usually snow, so he asks SantaClaus, or sometimes {{God}}, for snow in a tropical or arid locale that maybe sees it once a century if at all.

* Played with in an advertisement for the California Lottery. A child wakes up to his father showing him that it is snowing outside. The camera pulls back to reveal street signs indicating that the family lives in San Diego. Pulling further back, it is revealed that the father has [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming used his lotto money to hire snow machines so that his son can finally see snow]].

* In one episode of ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', an army doctor formerly stationed in Iraq mentions that their unit somehow obtained a snow machine so a homesick soldier from Minnesota could have a white Christmas. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Awwww.]]

A character wants a [[DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas white Christmas]] where it doesn't usually snow, so he asks SantaClaus, or sometimes {{God}}, for snow in a tropical or arid locale that maybe sees it once a century if at all.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': The ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E21SantaClaus Santa Claus]]'' episode ends with a homesick Mike pining for the cold and snow of Christmas time on Earth. Then Gypsy excitedly directs him to the Hexfield Viewscreen, where we see that it is, indeed, snowing out. [[MST3KMantra In space]].

A character wants a [[DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas white Christmas]] where it doesn't usually snow, so he asks SantaClaus, or sometimes {{God}}, for snow in a tropical or arid locale that maybe sees it once a century.

* Also, the full version of the song "White Christmas". Most recordings, from its original singer Music/BingCrosby on, leave out the opening verse:

* While it wasn't exactly ''asked'' for, during Duke's time as the Governor of American Samoa back in the 70's in ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'', he's standing on a beach dictating a letter to Washington listing the various natural disasters that have hit the island, with a note wondering what could happen next. Which leads to this exchange:

* Hillary Duff's "When the Snow Comes Down in Tinseltown".

* Also, the full version of the song "White Christmas". Most versions, from its original singer Bing Crosby on, leave out the opening verse:

** Bing Crosby joked about this with Fred Astaire on the radio show ''Philco Radio Time'' (April 7, 1948):
--->'''Fred Astaire''': Say, Bing, how about a little "White Christmas" from ''Film/HolidayInn''?\\
'''Bing Crosby''': "White Christmas"? Fred, this is April.\\
'''Fred Astaire''': Well, it doesn't make any difference. You sing it and I'll scamper through the auditorium sprinkling Ivory flakes on the folks.