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If this is Christmas time, why is all the vegetation flourishing green?


Yes, I know there's a such thing as evergreens, but much of the trees around Dallas, Texas (where this was filmed) are not evergreens and neither are the ones seen in this film. So why is this set during Christmas when it looks like the height of summer? It's not like being set at Christmas time adds ANYTHING at all to the movie, so why did they bother?

Did anyone else think this was odd?

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It seldom snows in Dallas. So our Christmas's look like summer.
Maybe they used the "Christmas feel" just as a going home theme and you need to ride the bus.

If I listen close I can hear them singing..

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I lived in Lake Conroe January or February winter of 2006-2007 which is a few hours south of Dallas. I drove up to dallas to see the site where Kennedy was shot. I noticed some snow on the ground and on roofs that were in the shade. There was less that an inch of snow and probably less than 1% of the ground was covered with snow. I thin wind breaker was all I needed to keep warm

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silverr8c

I noticed some snow on the ground and on roofs that were in the shade.


It seldom in Dallas. That might have been frost because it was so cold. I've lived here for years. Not going to say my age, and I can remember snow about 5 times maybe.

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Mostly because they are in West Texas. Desert at the level that snow doesn't get to very often. Cacti don't usually change color, seasons are by when they bloom.

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It wasn't West Texas or desert in this. The majority of the trees are deciduous so if it was winter they'd be bare, yet in this film they are all flourishing green!

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