Show christmas week offers chance to fo predict weather weather prognosticators have found means of forecasting most of the coming years weather by cocking an eye at the sky shy during christmas week you may not believe them but here are a few of the varied and conflicting beliefs about christmas weather if the sun shines through the apple tree on christmas day there will be a good crop the following year it ice will bear a man before christmas it will not bear a mouse afterward thunder and lightning christmas week means much snow in the winter wet causes more damage than frost before than after christmas if it snows christmas night the hop crop will be good next year at christmas meadows green at easter covered with frost it if windy christmas day trees will bring much fruit christmas wet gives empty granary and barrel A green christmas makes a fat graveyard A warm christmas a cold easter A green christmas a white easter |