If you\u2019re new to Lubbock and wondering what kind of weather to expect on Christmas, let me help you out: all of it. Every single season. Sometimes within the same hour. This town treats weather patterns like a roulette wheel spun by a drunk elf who keeps yelling, \u201cLet it snow! Actually, no…make it 82!\u201d<\/p>\n
Photo by Iv\u00e1n D\u00edaz<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>The thing is…<\/p>\n Christmas in Lubbock is less about cozy predictability and more about survival instincts. We don\u2019t really ever have to \u201cdress for the season\u201d here. Instead, we dress for the rapid mood swings of a sky that doesn\u2019t know what it wants. You\u2019ll leave the house in a hoodie, and by lunchtime, you\u2019re sweating like you\u2019ve been roping cattle in August. By the time the sun sets, you\u2019re wrapped in a blanket, sipping hot chocolate, and talking about \u201cthe wind chill\u201d like you\u2019ve been climbing Everest.<\/p>\n Photo by Eldo Rafael<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>F The Wind<\/p>\n And yes, dude, the wind. The wind is always friggin’ invited to Christmas in Lubbock. It shows up early, stays FAR too late, and doesn’t head out until every single inflatable ornament is in the neighbor’s yard. It\u2019s the only place in America where Frosty gets yeeted across the yard at 66 mph while your dad chases him shouting, \u201cGrab the stakes! WHERE ARE THE STAKES?!\u201d<\/p>\n Photo by iridial<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>We Freak Out, Too<\/p>\n Then there\u2019s the yearly tradition of the Lubbock Snow Event, also known as \u201cSix Flakes Falling Randomly Across Town.\u201d We\u2019ll cancel half the city over what amounts to someone\u2019s dandruff. Meanwhile, the north side of town will get a full blizzard, the south side gets a balmy afternoon, and over by the loop? A dirty snowing mud storm, because why not?<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0Where To Find The Best Frozen Hot Chocolate In Lubbock<\/a><\/p>\n Photo by Jasmin Causor<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>Snow Ain’t Comin’, Y’all<\/p>\n By Christmas Eve, you\u2019re left checking your weather app like it\u2019s a toxic ex you know you shouldn\u2019t trust. One minute it says 22\u00b0, the next it says you need sunscreen. You might build a snowman at breakfast and be in flip-flops by dinner.<\/p>\n It\u2019s festive! It\u2019s chaos! It\u2019s Lubbock!<\/p>\n Photo by Elimende Inagella<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>We’re Used To It<\/p>\n The beauty is, we\u2019ve all learned to roll with it. Layers on layers. A hoodie in the car at all times. Windproof yard decorations. A deep emotional bond with our heating and cooling systems.<\/p>\n Lubbock is Lubbock<\/p>\n Christmas here may not be predictable, but it\u2019s never boring. And honestly? That\u2019s exactly the kind of holiday spirit this weird little West Texas city specializes in.<\/p>\n For more ridiculous Lubbock weather chit chat, keep scrolling through the galleries below…<\/p>\n Lubbock Date Nights: Weathering The Storm, Hand in Hand<\/p>\n Lubbock’s wild weather often becomes a compatibility test on date night…<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n Ten People in Lubbock Who Would 100% Be Left Behind After The Rapture<\/p>\n We aren’t all headed for those pearly gates, and that means more tamales to go around at our apocalypse party!<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re new to Lubbock and wondering what kind of weather to expect on Christmas, let me help…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-75615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}