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Definitely a brown Christmas in Barrow. Miami has never received accumulating snow before, while Barrow I'm sure has received a brown Christmas. I think a better comparison would be a place like Yakutsk.
Miami's record low is 30 F / -1 C, and it has snowed there before, on January 19th (1977). The fact that the snowfall wasn't on December 25th was simply by random chance. Barrow, on the other hand, has subfreezing highs on average from September 26th. On December 25th, average highs are all the way down to -4 F / -20 C. Also precipitation is most frequent in Barrow in fall. It's possible, though very unlikely, for Barrow to go above freezing on Christmas, but most years the last above freezing temperatures are in October or November. Typically the snow pack in Barrow is established in September, in warm years it may be early October.
I'll go with white Christmas in Miami. Pretty much impossible to melt Barrow's whole snowpack in late December. Miami can at least get accumulating snow (in theory).
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