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Published December 24, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Christmas snow storm

Photos of the storm from around America


Ricky Wike clears the sidewalk in front of Bethany Free Lutheran Church in Bemidji after a Christmas day service on Friday. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren

  • Ricky Wike clears the sidewalk in front of Bethany Free Lutheran Church in Bemidji after a Christmas day service on Friday. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren
  • Ricky Wike takes a break from shoveling the sidewalk in front of Bethany Free Lutheran Church Friday in Bemidji. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren
  • Traffic moves along a snowy Bemidji Avenue Christmas night. The National Weather Service is forecasting an additional four to eight inches of snow to fall in the region through Friday night. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren
  • Alexis Starr of Bemidji reacts after sliding down the hill next to the Lake Bemidji waterfront Thursday. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren
  • Maya Schmidt of Bemidji reacts as her sisters slide down a hill next to the Lake Bemidji waterfront Thursday. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren
  • Cody Hall, front right, takes a photo of Todd Hall, center, and Neil Hall, left, in front of the Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 in Bemidji. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren
  • Makenna Schmidt tosses her sliding saucer up the hill to go for another run at the Lake Bemidji Waterfront Thursday. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren
  • Danny Schmidt gave his daughter, Madyson, a break from climbing up the hill next to the Lake Bemidji waterfront Thursday. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren
  • Isabell Starr and her father, get ready to slide down the hill at the Lake Bemidji waterfront Thursday afternoon. Pioneer Photo/Eric Stromgren
  • Micah Smith of Philadelphia takes a nap while he waits on his grandparents who's train is delayed, at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. Power has been restored to Amtrak's Northeast Corridor after a three-hour train stoppage stranded commuters and holiday travelers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
  • Mike Rink rings a bell for the Salvation Army in front of a grocery store in Sioux Fall, S.D., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. The National Weather Service has forecast a winter storm will dump up to 16 inches of snow across South Dakota by Christmas. (AP/Argus Leader, Devin Wagner)
  • Passengers are dropped off outside the United Airlines Terminal at O'Hare International Airport as a snow storm arrives Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 in Chicago. Holiday travelers battled slick, icy roads and scattered flight cancellations and delays as a major winter storm began to spread across much of the nation's midsection Wednesday. Snow was forecast across a large swath of the Plains and the Midwest, with a foot or two possible by Christmas Day. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
  • Matt Kelly drives an Olympia used to clear snow and prepare ice for skating on the ice rink in Clinton Square in downtown Syracuse, N.Y. during this morning's burst of snow, Wednesday Dec. 23, 2009. Up to 5 inches of lake-effect snow are forecasted to fall on the area today. (AP Photo/The Post-Standard, Nicholas Lisi) ** MAGS OUT, TV OUT, NO ARCHIVE **
  • Snow and ice cover parts of a highway sign as traffic travels west on Interstate 70 on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 west of Hays, Kan. A winter storm has set its sights on Kansas with blizzard conditions expected this evening and tomorrow. (AP Photo=/ Hays Daily News, Steven Hausler)
  • Elaine Williams uses her cell phone camera to photograph the snow-frosted terrain in McKelligon Canyon near the Franklin Mountain State Park headquarters Wednesday Dec. 23, 2009 in El Paso, Texas. Snow fell in a few higher-elevations, while rain and sleet fell on most of the city Wednesday. (AP Photo/El Paso Times, Victor Calzada)
  • A bobcat clears snow in preparation for Christmas Eve services at The House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien)
  • Power lines lean dangerously close to the ground Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, in Lawton, Okla. (AP Photo/The Lawton Constitution, Michael D. Pope)
  • Freezing rain builds on a Jayhawk statue on the University of Kansas campus Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, in Lawrence, Kan. The area is under a winter storm warning. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
  • Vehicles travel in blizzard conditions on Dodge Street in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. A powerful storm spreading snow, sleet and rain across the nation's midsection glazed roads and disrupted flights Thursday, making last-minute holiday travel treacherous but promising a white Christmas for some.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
  • Tony Hartzburg of Willmar, Minn. blows the snow off of a neighbor's driveway on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 morning to clear the way for the expected snowfall later in the day. (AP Photo/The West Central Tribune, Ron Adams)
  • A cross country skier moves through Como Park in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien)