Joy of Christmas

BOOKIES are expecting a flurry of bets on a white Christmas, with forecasters predicting the coldest winter in years. [White Christmas : May Your Days Be Merry and Bright and May All Your Christmases Be White]

Coral announced that its current odds of 3-1 for snow on Christmas Day in London are the shortest they have ever offered in November.

The bookmaker said it was expecting a rush of bets, and also has odds of 15-1 on the UK experiencing a record low temperature this winter.

William Hill believes Aberdeen has the best chance of seeing snow this Christmas, with odds of 7-2.

Meanwhile forecasters said there was an outside chance of snow in the Lothians today, but probably not in the Capital.

They predicted the weather would be cloudy with rain and sleet, possibly falling as snow over the hills.

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