The chance of a measurable snowfall on Christmas Day in Norfolk is 1 in 16 years, or about 6%. It has snowed here on Christmas Day in 1902, 1914, 1917, 1947, and 1948. There were flurries in 1981 but not enough to stick. The chance of snow on the ground Christmas Day from snowfalls prior to December 25 is 1 in 8 years, or about 13%.
![[IMAGE: Little girl and Christmas tree.]](../../../images/1996/x971l.gif)
A little girl's Christmas dreams come true. c1950
![[IMAGE: Children make an ice slide on porch steps.]](../../../images/1996/x972l.gif)
Christmas and thoughts of snow go together. 1948
![[IMAGE: Boy's clothing display.]](../../../images/1996/x973l.gif)
Christmas window shopping at The Hub, 374 Main Street, c1910.
![[IMAGE: Pen and ink drawing.]](../../../images/1996/x974l.gif)
Christmas time delicacies at the markets on Commercial Place, 1865.
![[IMAGE: Lines of people at Parcel Post windows.]](../../../images/1996/x975l.gif)
Lines at the Post Office fill with weary last-minute shoppers, 1940.
![[IMAGE: Child in Santa's lap.]](../../../images/1996/x976l.gif)
Center Shops' Santa finds out who's been naughty or nice, c1950.
![[IMAGE: Making holly wreaths.]](../../../images/1996/x977l.gif)
Selling wreaths and fresh greenery on Monticello Avenue, 1950.
![[IMAGE: Giant Santa display at night.]](../../../images/1996/x978l.gif)
He's making a list, checking it twice... Giant Santa at Ward's Corner, 1951.
![[IMAGE: Children in Santa's lap.]](../../../images/1996/x979l.gif)
A Christmas party at the Edgewater Home for Girls, 1948.
![[IMAGE: Firemen repairing toys.]](../../../images/1996/x9710l.gif)
"Elves" from the Norfolk Fire Department's Toys for Tots program work late into the night getting toys ready for Santa's sleigh. c1950.
![[IMAGE: Shoulder-to-shoulder crowds.]](../../../images/1996/x9711l.gif)
Granby and Market Street, crowded with Christmas shoppers, 1937.
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