On December 19th, less than a week before Christmas, the entire North American continent is adorned with reds, greens and golds, and the festive atmosphere is so strong that you can't help but indulge in the festive atmosphere, just want to dance along with the Christmas carols, relax and enjoy the biggest holiday of the year.

But for the professional footballers, they don't have time to spend with their families, let alone the 19th, and even the 24th on Christmas Eve has a game, and next week's Sunday night game will be a Christmas game. The holiday season is a fun season for family reunions, but it's a working day for professional footballers to compete on the field.

On the North American continent, people always joke that the "Christmas War" belongs to the NBA, and the "Thanksgiving War" belongs to the NFL. But this year, the NFL's official game day coincided with Christmas, so there was no need to deliberately arrange it, and it was a full day of action.

In the run-up to the Christmas War, this week's Monday Night Race is also the pinnacle of the nation's attention!

The night game will officially start at 5:30 p.m. Western Time and 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time, but early in the morning, the North American continent has begun to warm up, and an overwhelming number of related topics can be seen on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And the city of San Francisco woke up early and can't wait for this peak showdown.

Raymond-Jackson is one of them.

He was a hardcore 49man who was in his blood in 1981 when he watched Joe Montana's astonishing "that catch" reverse the Dallas Cowboys, when he was only 14 years old, and his loyalty remained unchanged for the next 30 years.

He was also a course caretaker, and at the age of twenty-four, he became a cleaner at the Candlestick Stadium, cleaning the course, repairing the course, and preparing for match day. The greatest satisfaction of this job is that he can watch every game quietly on the spot.

In the 20 years since, he has never missed a home game.

Today is no exception.

Before four o'clock in the morning, Raymond was up and methodical and ready for today's work, looking forward to today's game, expecting the team to beat the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers at home, and he firmly believed that the 49ers could return to glory, a belief that has never wavered, even after the lows of the past eight years.

It was Raymond's own habit to walk around the edge of the pitch before the official start of work, and prayed for a victory, as if such a small gesture could be a blessing for the team to win the game.

But today, the touch under the soles of the feet is a little strange.

The dark sky, not the slightest light, in the strict darkness, revealed a faint moonlight, vaguely outlining the outline of the stadium, but could not see the shape of the grandstand seats, can only rely on the sense of space in his memory, depicting the arc of the sky above the candelabra field.

Despite some anomalies, Raymond still insisted on his superstitious little actions, refusing to return to the room until he was done, as if a little change could change the fate of today's team. However, the strange feeling is becoming more and more obvious.

The thick water stains can be clearly felt by the touch of the footprints, which seem to be the traces left after a rainstorm just last night; A chilling blade floated in the air, sliding quickly across his cheeks, and even though he was wrapped in a thick coat, he couldn't help but shiver.

Cold, biting cold.

Raymond even felt his brain stiffen a little, he couldn't remember the last time he felt such cold weather in San Francisco; Now I can only pray that the rainstorm is over, and after dawn, the sun can come out and let the temperature slowly warm up, otherwise I am afraid that the temperature will be more obvious in the evening game.

After a week around the field, Raymond returned to the room and turned on the lights in the arena.

"Smack! Smack! ”

The bright light instantly illuminated the entire stadium, and then Raymond looked at the scene in front of him, completely stunned.

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"Dear listeners, before I officially start today's radio program, please allow me to express some excitement: San Francisco, it's snowing!"

"Good morning, audience friends. At 12:46 p.m. last night, San Francisco had a heavy snowfall, and after a whole night of heavy snowfall, a thick layer of snow could now be seen on the streets. It was the first heavy snowfall in San Francisco in 35 years, and the entire city was covered in a blanket of snow, which had subsided a little but continued to fall. ”

"God, please forgive me for my gaffes, listeners, it's snowing in San Francisco! Oh, God! Could it be that we are finally about to have a white Christmas? If you haven't seen the snow yet, quickly open your curtains and look out the window, in the red and green decoration, we can finally see the snow falling. ”

San Francisco, located in southern California, has a typical maritime climate, with temperatures generally ranging from 15 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees Celsius.

The average temperature in winter always hovers around 10 degrees, and the coldest time is only 6 degrees; On the contrary, the summer is even colder, because of the ocean currents, the temperature difference between day and night is very distinct, and in midsummer and July, you can experience the weather below 10 degrees Celsius even after nightfall. That's why Mark-Tain lamented, "The coldest winter I've ever experienced is the summer in San Francisco." ”

That's why San Francisco is a city that barely sees snow, and in the last 100 years, it has only snowed four times – on December 11, 1932, January 15, 1952, January 21, 1962, and February 5, 1976.

It's been thirty-five years since the last snowfall; If you go further, sixty-nine years have passed since the last time it snowed in December.

In fact, temperatures and rain have been disrupting the weather in San Francisco for the past two weeks, with the city's weather forecast predicting several times that snow could follow, but no snow could be seen.

In anticipation of this unmissable snowfall, there is also a website called "Is it snowing in San Francisco?" to keep people informed of the latest changes and list the best spots to see the snow.

Today, when people open this site again, there are three big "yes! Yes! Yes! "It's flickering, and there's a little snowman in Christmas costume below who is skating in a white world.

When you open the doors and windows, you can see that the sky is full of snowflakes, and the whole city is boiling.

In fact, the snow on the ground is only a thin layer, about one to two centimeters, and a light sweep can reveal the original appearance of the ground, and with the passing of vehicles and footsteps, it quietly melts into the mud, and only some snow can be caught on the roof and the building.

But people don't care.

Because the sky was still sprinkled with snowflakes the size of rice grains, gray and shrouded the whole world, it seemed that the whole city had entered the Christmas spirit, incarnated into a microcosm of the white halo; And because the brick walls and the roofs of the cars that are within reach, you can find the snow, and then ......

Then, people started having snowball fights.

Even the middle-aged people in suits and leather shoes couldn't help but smile on their faces, and in the laughter and singing, they greeted the first snowflake in 35 years.

On the streets, people are running, laughing, and playing, like children, opening their hands and mouths, trying to taste the taste of snowflakes, and their childish and splendid actions seem to be justified today; Union Square is bustling with a large crowd of people playing Christmas carols, all jumping and dancing merrily.

Others walked out in short sleeves or pajamas, eager to join the party.

A heavy snowfall sent the entire city of San Francisco into a frenzy.

For most of the young people living in the city, this may be the first snow in their lives. Lu Ke is one of them.

Before immigrating, Lu Ke's hometown was in the south and it had never snowed; After the immigrants, they lived in San Francisco and Los Angeles, two cities where snow is not possible. So, today is the first time.

When he got up early to train, Lu Ke saw the snowflakes fluttering in the sky, and he didn't feel it at first, and he continued to jog; But gradually, the emotions began to bloom, and in the end, I couldn't hold back after all, and began to cry wolf, as if I had returned to my childhood again, running and releasing as much as I wanted.

Even if it is just a thin layer of snow, this is the first time Lu Ke has seen real snowflakes in his life, and the touch of his fingertips alone is enough to make people cheer. Obviously, he's not the only one who's too excited to get himself.

On the way to the training base, you can see children cheering and playing on the side of the street, and a joyful and festive atmosphere wafts in the air; After entering the training base, you can see Logan, Marcus and several other teammates who have lived in California since they were children are having a snowball fight like crazy, and then they saw Lu Ke and rushed over in a swarm, instantly allowing Lu Ke to enjoy what is called the goose feather snow that splits his head and covers his face.

It wasn't until after the carnival that sanity gradually came back to their senses, and they were about to have the first snow battle of their careers?

This seems to be a bit overstepping.