For many of us, snow is synonymous with Christmas.

Bing Crosby famously dreamt of it, while movies, advent calendars and Christmas cards are all decorated with snow-filled scenes of a white Christmas.

And Oxford has been given a reasonable chance of seeing snowfall on Christmas Day this year, according to the bookies.

The city is 6/1 to experience a White Christmas later this month, putting it amongst the likeliest places in the UK to see snow on December 25, according to bettingsites.co.uk.

Unsurprisingly Aberdeen (11/10) currently has the highest chance of snow, with Edinburgh and Glasgow (both 11/8) likewise given good chances.

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Neil Roarty, of bettingsites.co.uk said: “Oxford is no stranger to near-arctic conditions during the winter and is among the favourites to experience a White Christmas, currently trading at 6/1."

Technically, 2022 was a white Christmas with 9 per cent of Met Office stations recording snow falling, although none reported any snow lying on the ground.

The last widespread white Christmas in the UK was in 2010.

It was extremely unusual, as not only was there snow on the ground at 83 per cent of stations (the highest amount ever recorded) but snow or sleet also fell at 19 per cent of stations.

The Met Office said: "We can accurately forecast if snow is likely on any given Christmas Day up to five days beforehand."