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Photos: Northeastern US residents treated to a white Christmas

By Ashley Williams, AccuWeather staff writer

Published Dec 25, 2017 3:04 PM EST | Updated Jul 1, 2019 4:16 PM EST

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Two separate storms from the Midwest and the Atlantic coast converged just in time for a white Christmas morning to unfold across the northeastern United States.

After creating a white Christmas Eve in the Midwest, snow blanketed the ground from western Pennsylvania and New York to Massachusetts and Maine.

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Snow blanketed Stormstown, Pa., on Christmas Day. (Photo/Jessi Shisler)

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Watching a #WhiteChristmas in #Connecticut from the home of my dearest friends, Paul Chapman & @gigirvin. pic.twitter.com/vmYxcgpCVg

— Noel Mathias (@Matsnoel) December 25, 2017
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Snow whitened Irwin, Pennsylvania, on the morning of Dec. 25, 2017. (Lisa Beightol/AccuWeather employee)

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas....
Oh wait, I don’t have to dream— the snow is falling like crazy this morning!
Merry Christmas from Upstate NY!!!!#whitechristmas #SNOW pic.twitter.com/Xsz1ZoR9ue

— Becca Ehrlich (@BeccaEhrlich) December 25, 2017

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