“Do you miss white Christmases?” I asked Jock, my favorite Canadian transplant to Wilmington. 

“No, the holidays here offer so much more than just scenery,” he replied.

In my lifetime we have only had one truly White Christmas – 1989 when we got 18 inches of snow.

I forget that Wilmington is ostensibly a beach town. Surrounded by three beaches, many people think of us as a destination based around summer sun and waves.