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   The US Almanac for December 25       
 One of the most notable snowstorms ever
 recorded in Southern England occurred  
 on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, 1927. 
 A storm system swept along the Channel 
 and a north-easterly gale piled up     
 great drifts which brought traffic to a
 standstill and isolated many villages. 
   The World  Almanac                   
 Tropical cyclone,  Fergus  caused a    
 Christmas flood at the island of       
 Honiara, situated in the Solomon       
 islands, just south of the equator in  
 the west pacific. They recorded 179mm  
 of rain in the 24 hours ending at 0600 
 GMT on this day in 1996.               
        From the BBC Wjathjr Cjntri     
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