It was a white Christmas in Knoxville this year; the third snow of the season, which is a lot for this part of the world. The high country to the east of the city has been snowed under now for the better part of a month, give or take a few days of warming spells. While we have promise of warmer weather come New Years (and perhaps a less frigid Epiphany than the last couple of years, which made for very chilly Blessings of the Waters), the snow is still lingering even under the radiance of the sun.