Watch as they protest under snow in #Damascus #Syria 12/2/2012:

This morning we woke up to significant flurries in Damascus. What an unexpected and pleasant surprise! As I groggily opened my eyes and looked out the window, This city is always full of surprises. Just when you think you’ve got the place figured out, BAM — SNOW! It kind of blows my mind.

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تشييع شهداء المزة تحت الثلج Watch as they protest under snow in #Damascus#Syria 12/2/2012: youtu.be/N_nKrKPd_jQ via @youtube68

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Why so Syria? describes herself as a Mexican-American in Damascus by way of Boston.  For that reason, she was especially surprised to wake up to snow flurries.  The blogger writes:

Ok so Christmas is still a few days away but this morning we woke up to significant flurries in Damascus. What an unexpected and pleasant surprise! As I groggily opened my eyes and looked out the window, for a split second I thought I was still in Boston…

…This city is always full of surprises. Just when you think you’ve got the place figured out, BAM — SNOW! It kind of blows my mind.

Photo by blogger Why So Syria?

Syrian blogger Ayman Ashour unfortunately missed the snowfall. He quips:

نحن المحرومون من روعة البرد هدية الثلج الجميلة نناشدكم إرسال بعض الصورعلنا نخفف من شدة احتجاج الأبناء علينا ومطالبتهم لنا بأن يلعبوا بالثلج مثلما لعبنا به

Those of us who are deprived of the wonders of the cold and the beautiful gift of snow are asking you to send us some photos so we could ease our children's protests and demands of playing with snow as we once did.

A Syrian satellite television channel shared a beautiful video on YouTube, illustrating the beauty of the Damascene snowfall:

First photo credit: Mostafa Hamido, Aleppous Project

Written by Jillian C. York
Posted 14 December 2010 19:37 GMT ·  Print version