
Photos: Snow blankets the Midwest and Northeast

Marcella Bourasa, 2, experienced her full snowfall on Sunday.
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| December 29, 2012

Walter helped to dig out friends in Milford on Sunday morning.
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| December 29, 2012

Braden Stephens, 6, of Denham Springs, Louisiana reveled in a morning of sledding in Hopedale, Mass.
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| December 29, 2012

George Hudgins, and his niece Cassie Marsden, both of Meford, dug out their cars on North Street in Medford.
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
| December 29, 2012

A boy built a snowman in Somerville, Mass. following an overnight snow storm.
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| December 29, 2012

A woman jogged along the Charles River in Cambridge.
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| December 29, 2012

Precipitation in Boston was a mix of rain and snow in the early evening, but other parts of the state already had several inches of snow.
Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
| December 29, 2012

A major winter storm that could dump up to a foot of snow started pummeling Mass. this afternoon.
John Tlumacki/ Globe Staff
| December 29, 2012

Snow fell on shoppers leaving the Home Depot in Avon.
John Tlumacki/ Globe Staff
| December 29, 2012

The storm dumped five inches of snow or more on parts of Pa. That didn't deter this US Postal Service employee.
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| December 29, 2012

Children went sledding in Minersville, Pa. on Friday.
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| December 29, 2012

Much of the Midwest was hit with snow before the storm headed for the Northeast.
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| December 29, 2012

A girl tried to catch snowflakes as she made her way through Times Square.
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| December 29, 2012