It will depend on where you were at the time, but I found that snow was already on the ground over Christmas, although it didn't snow any more. Within the UK, the conditions varied quite a bit and some areas were virtually snowed in while others only had a small amount.
Of course, some areas of the world regularly get a lot more snow than this, the problem is it is a matter of what is expected and therefore what is planned for... It's certainly not normal weather for here, but it seems to have (strangely) been like this for the past three years!