• Home
  • All Sections

StarTribune
  • Log In
    • Welcome, User
    • Manage Account
    • Saved articles
    • eEdition
    • Support
    • Subscribe
    • Log Out
  • Subscribe

Recently Visited

    Subscriber Features

    • Saved Articles
    • Home
    • Local
    • Sports
    • Business
    • Opinion
    • Variety
    • Politics
    • Nation
    • World
    • Science
    • Weather
    • Traffic
    • Video
    • Photography
    • Obituaries
    • Archives: 150+ years
    • Minnesota's Best
    • Classifieds
    • Autos
    • Housing
    • Jobs
    • Coronavirus
    • Minneapolis
    • St. Paul
    • Duluth
    • St. Cloud
    • Rochester
    • East Metro
    • North Metro
    • South Metro
    • West Metro
    • Local Columnists
      • James Lileks
      • Jennifer Brooks
    • State Fair
    • Curious Minnesota
    • Twins
    • Minnesota Vikings
    • Wild
    • Wolves
    • Loons
    • Lynx
    • Gophers
    • Colleges
    • Golf
    • Motorsports
    • Outdoors
    • High Schools
    • Sports Hall of Fame
    • Sports Columnists
      • Dennis Anderson
      • Sid Hartman
      • Patrick Reusse
      • Chip Scoggins
      • Jim Souhan
    • Sports Blogs
      • Access Vikings
      • Gophers Basketball
      • Gophers Football
      • Gophers Hockey
      • The Lynx Beat
      • Preps Insider
      • The Olympics
      • Randball
      • StribSports Upload
      • The Twins Beat
      • The United Beat
      • The Wild Beat
      • The Wolves Beat
    • Top Workplaces
    • Agriculture
    • Business Columnists
      • Lee Schafer
      • Neal St. Anthony
    • Opinion Exchange
    • Editorial
    • Cartoons
    • Letters
    • Opinion/Election
    • New Voices
    • Podcasts
      • Playing Politics
    • Books
    • Celebs
    • Comics & Games
    • Horoscopes
    • Eat & Drink
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Stage & Arts
    • TV & Media
    • Best of MN
    • Health
    • Home & Garden
    • Inspired
    • Style
    • Taste
    • The Good Life
    • Things To Do
    • Travel
    • Variety Columnists
      • Gail Rosenblum
      • C. J
    • View all Obituaries
    • Place an Obituary Notice
    • Winners
    • Nominations
    • Voting
    • About
    • Place an Ad
    • Garage Sales
    • Estate Sales
    • Merchandise
    • Pets
    • Public Notices
    • Recreational Vehicles & Marina
    • Search Used Vehicles
    • Sell your Vehicle
    • Advertise
    • Rentals
    • Foreclosures
    • Find a Job
    • Your Resume
    • Your Account
    • Employer A-Z
    • Top Workplaces
    • Post a Job
    • Home
    • Local
    • Sports
    • Business
    • Opinion
    • Variety
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
    • Autos
    • Things To Do
    • Jobs
    More from the Homepage
    prev
    The State of Hockey and the world of hockey remember Henry Boucha
    Some high-poverty Minn. schools beat the odds, others struggle
    Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    Selling for survival: Migrants peddle fruit on Twin Cities streets
    Minnesota health plan rates for individuals to rise as much as 5.5% next year
    McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
    Fleck's Gophers have rebounded from bad losses. Now, it's a must-do.
    Ryan gives up six runs but Twins get by Rockies 7-6
    North Shore residents fear marina sale will harm community
    Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    Was Moorhead once a destination for drunks?
    next
    News Graphics 363183181

    White Christmas, past and present

    This year we'll have a white Christmas state-wide. But that isn't always the case. Fewer than three out of four Christmases in the Twin Cities are white. Select a year to see where Christmas has been old-fashioned and where it's been just plain brown. 
    By Star Tribune staff
    December 23, 2016 — 2:11pm
    Save
    Tap the bookmark to save this article. View saved articles
    Gift this Article Send this article to anyone, no subscription is necessary to view it
    Text size
    Share Article
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn

    More from Star Tribune
    Local Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    September 29
    Vikings First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    September 29
    Sports Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    September 29
    Duluth North Shore residents fear marina sale will harm community
    September 29
    More from Star Tribune
    Local Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    September 29
    Vikings First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    September 29
    Sports Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    September 29
    Duluth North Shore residents fear marina sale will harm community
    September 29
    More from Star Tribune
    Local Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    September 29
    Vikings First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    September 29
    Sports Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    September 29
    Duluth North Shore residents fear marina sale will harm community
    September 29
    Business McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
    September 29
    Local Some high-poverty Minn. schools beat the odds, others struggle
    September 29
    More from Star Tribune
    Local Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    September 29
    Vikings First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    September 29
    Sports Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    September 29
    Duluth North Shore residents fear marina sale will harm community
    September 29
    Business McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
    September 29
    Local Some high-poverty Minn. schools beat the odds, others struggle
    September 29
    More from Star Tribune
    Local Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    September 29
    Vikings First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    September 29
    Sports Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    September 29
    Duluth North Shore residents fear marina sale will harm community
    September 29
    More from Star Tribune
    Local Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    September 29
    Vikings First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    September 29
    Sports Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    September 29
    Duluth North Shore residents fear marina sale will harm community
    September 29
    More from Star Tribune
    Local Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    September 29
    Vikings First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    September 29
    Sports Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    September 29
    More from Star Tribune
    Local Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    September 29
    Vikings First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    September 29
    Sports Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    September 29
    More From Star Tribune
    • Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    • First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    • Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    • North Shore residents fear marina sale will harm community
    • McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
    • Some high-poverty Minn. schools beat the odds, others struggle
    More From Star Tribune
    • Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
    • First round of Vikings' 2022 draft looks worse by the week in 2023
    • Reusse: 'The Sheik's' death brings back wrestling memories from Edina to Iraq
    • North Shore residents fear marina sale will harm community
    • McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
    • Some high-poverty Minn. schools beat the odds, others struggle
    More From News Graphics
      Local
      February 12, 2022
      Shown here is a 200-acre plot of peaty cropland in Stearns County as the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources began restoring it to native wetl

      A climate conundrum beneath our feet: Minnesota's farmed peat soil releases greenhouse gases

      The state is unsure how to address emissions from the soil.
      Local
      January 7, 2022
      As the Greenwood Fire continues to burn, smoke from the blaze fills the air, almost obscuring the Bong Bridge and Denfeld Senior High School, bottom t

      Drought, haze, tornadoes: Take a deeper look at Minnesota's bewildering 2021 weather

      Smoky air from wildfires, a severe June heat wave and unusual snowmelt made for some strange weather extremes in 2021.
      News Graphics
      January 8, 2021
      Lightning illuminated the sky above downtown Minneapolis, as seen from the Lowry Avenue Bridge, on Friday, August 14.

      The only mostly normal thing about 2020 in Minnesota? Weather

      It was warmer and drier than average, but not without extraordinary events.
      News Graphics
      August 19, 2020
      U.S. wildfire tracker

      U.S. wildfire tracker

      Use this interactive map of current wildfires in the U.S. to get the latest info.
      News Graphics
      July 29, 2020
      Perseverance rover

      Perseverance rover

      The rover is the most sophisticated that NASA has ever sent to Mars. It will search for signs of ancient microbial life, characterize the planet's geology and climate, and collect rock/sediment samples for possible return to Earth. It is powered by heat from the radioactive decay of plutonium into electricity used to charge its two batteries.
    Top Stories
    • Pallbearers carried the casket of Henry Boucha out of the Gardens Arena, where his number 16 hangs from the rafters, following his funeral services Fr The State of Hockey and the world of hockey remember Henry Boucha
      Sep. 29
    • Some high-poverty Minn. schools beat the odds, others struggle
      Sep. 29
    • Want to honor Dakota land? With a new voluntary 'tax,' you can.
      Sep. 29
    Most Read
    1. Dangerous intersections for pedestrians • News Graphics

    StarTribune

    • Follow Us On:
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Pinterest
    • Instagram
    Subscribe today

    Company

    • About the Star Tribune
    • Contact us
    • Work For Us
    • News in Education
    • Minnesota's Best
    • High school sports hubs
    • Mobile and tablet apps
    • Policies and Standards

    Advertise with us

    • Talk with a business consultant
    • Media kit
    • Classifieds

    Buy

    • Star Tribune Store
    • Photo Reprints
    • Full Page Archive: 150+ years
    • Back Copies
    • Commercial reprints
    • Licensing

    Customer support

    • Help and Feedback
    • Manage your account
    • Newspaper subscription
    • Digital access
    • eEdition
    • Vacation hold/billing
    • Text to Speech

    Website

    • Terms of use
    • Privacy policy
    • Site index
    • RSS

    © 2023 StarTribune. All rights reserved.