

In In this March 5, 2008 file photo, Sylvie Vincendet, of Montpellier, France, photographs the sand formations inside Antelope Canyon on the Navajo Reservation in Page, Ariz.
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In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, people play in the snow in front of the Las Vegas welcome sign in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008.
(AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Darrin Bush)

A Metro bus is routed around a tree that fell across Highway 99 in north Seattle Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008, following more overnight snow. A week of heavy snow, jammed airports, closed roads and cabin fever had many Washington residents wishing for that traditional Northwest holiday: a rain-soaked Christmas. For much of Western Washington at least, rain and the possibility of ice-free streets was on the way, the National Weather Service promised Wednesday, but not before one more snowfall due Christmas morning.
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

An orangutan wears Santa Claus outfit during a promotional event for the Christmas holiday season at Malabon Zoo in Manila December 14, 2008.
REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES)

Cats are seen during the International Cat Show - "The best cat of Belarus 2008" in Minsk, December 6, 2008.


Kuchani, a female African Lion at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, enjoys a treat hidden inside a Christmas wrapped box December 23, 2008.
REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA)

Husky look : The piercing blue eyes of a Husky (爱斯基摩狗) are photographed in a Husky farm in Rovaniemi.
(AFP/Olivier Morin)