A wintery wet scene unfolds at Times Square during a snow storm Christmas Day in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002. Snow and slush shut airports, snarled roadways and killed power during New York Citys first white Christmas in more than 30 years.
Rudolph, with his nose glowing, leads an antique display of Santa's reindeer and sleigh through 8 inches of snow in a Carmel, Ind., yard on Christmas morning, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002.
Members of the Woodcock family and a neighbor try to get the family car unstuck in Oneonta, N.Y. Wednesday. The Woodcocks were returning home from another family member's home after Christams dinner only a few blocks away. From left to right pushing in front are are Donna Johnson, neighbor Chris Root, and Steve Johnson. Beside the car are Ann and Robby Woodcock.
Charlie Royal walks down the middle of a deserted street on his way to a friend's birthday party in Albany, N.Y., Christmas Day.
A statue at the fountain in Washington Park in Albany, N.Y., is covered with snow Wednesday. The Albany area was hit hard by a snowstorm that started dumping snow Wednesday afternoon.
A truck passes an abandoned vehicle in Kingston Pa., during the height of the Christmas Day snowstorm.
Chastity Ledesma, 6, center, tries to shovel the front walk while the adults have a snowball fight, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Fort Wayne picked up about 6 inches of snow early Christmas morning.
Ann Bodnar walks home through a driving snow after exchanging gifts with her neighbor in Olmsted Falls, Ohio Christmas Day. Residents in northeast Ohio awoke to a white Christmas courtesy of a winter storm that dumped 4-6 inches of snow over various parts of the area overnight.
Robert Johnson, 81, uses a snow blower to clear a path in front of his home Wednesdayin Detroit. The northwest fringe of a storm that barreled out of the Plains brought a white Christmas to southern Michigan, dropping between 3 and 6 inches of snow.
Scott Page, in front, and Kris Caswell mountain bike through the snow in Rochester, N.Y., Christmas Eve morning, Dec. 24, 2002.
A smashed pickup is off the road and emergency personnel attend to numerous cars east on Interstate 74 near Interstate 57 in Champaign, Ill., during a Christmas Eve snowstorm that struck mid-afternoon Tuesday, Dec. 24.
Sam Studer, of Joplin, Mo., catches air over Dover Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002. Snow started Monday in southwest Missouri and continued with accumulations up to 12 inches by mid-afternoon Tuesday.
Nine-year-old Aaron White jumps on his snow saucer outside St Mary's Episcopal Church in Edmond, Okla., Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002, after a winter storm passed through.
Snow and clouds blanket the Sacramento Mountains following a storm with passed through the Tularosa Basin Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002, in Alamogordo, N.M.
Charles Rounds struggles his steps while he scrapes snow from his car in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002. A nor'easter that moved through Massachusetts on Christmas Day left more than a foot of snow in parts of the Bay State, causing scattered power outages and icy roads and stranding passengers at Logan Airport in Boston.
A couple of Canada geese cross a snowy street to forage for food during a heavy snowfall Monday, Dec. 23, 2002, in Wichita, Kan.