Some of the states expecting snow could even see flakes fall on Christmas Day, or at least on Christmas Eve. States most likely to see a white Christmasm according to AccuWeather,

The gift of rain we recently received is being wrapped up and put away until Thursday night. This Christmas will be mild in the low 50s and cloudy. Drizzle remains possible today, but nothing widespread or heavy.

Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new Islamist leaders.

Protests erupted in Christian neighborhoods of the Syrian capital Damascus after a Christmas tree was set on fire in another town by unidentified men on Monday evening. A video showing men setting fire to a publicly displayed Christmas tree in the Christian-majority town of Suqaylabiyah,

Footage began to circulate online Monday showing flames at the base of an artificial Christmas tree in the mostly Christian town of Al-Suqaylabiyah.

Around 20 million people are under winter weather alerts across parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New England, including Philadelphia and Burlington, Vermont.

New Yorkers are waking up to the first white Christmas in New York City in 15 years. The National Weather Service considers it a white Christmas if there's 1 inch or more of snow on the ground at 7 a.

The National Weather Service officially considers a location to have had a white Christmas if there is one inch of snow already on the ground or if new snow of at least an inch falls on Christmas Day.