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Photos: Postcards of Christmas Eve snowfall in the Sierra

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Dec 25, 2021 , , , , , ,

Celebrating Christmas Eve on the slopes, Cheryl Varner (far left) grabs the day’s first chair on the KT-22 ski lift at Palisades Tahoe, much as she’s done every day for the past quarter century. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
Steve Eriksen, of Walnut Creek, waiting for the Red Dog chair at Palisades Tahoe on Christmas Eve, says driving up the night before was like Star Wars, “all the big flakes were just coming at you like mini-asteroids.” (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
The Red Dog ski lift at Palisades Tahoe carries Christmas Eve snowboarders and skiers in Olympic Valley, Calif., Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
Clay Engels, 51, of San Francisco, takes to the slopes at Palisades Tahoe with his big, white beard on Christmas Eve. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
Clay Engels’ snow catcher (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
Snow is shoveled from the roof of a service building at Palisades Tahoe on Christmas Eve. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
Truckers install chains at a Truckee checkpoint during a stormy Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24, 2021, preparing for the drive over Donner Summit . (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
Some folks did not make it over the summit. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
The eastbound California Zephyr is paused at the Truckee Train Station as a mudslide down track is cleared Christmas Eve. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
Tourists bundle up while walking the snowy streets of Tahoe City, Calif., Thursday, December 23, 2021. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
Karl Motsenbocker, owner of Rosie’s Cafe in Tahoe City, Calif., checks conditions of the winter storm, Thursday, December 23, 2021. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
A snowboarder walks through a winter wonderland on Christmas Eve at Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
Snow blankets homes on the shore of Donner Lake on Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24, 2021, in Truckee, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 
A White Christmas Eve is enjoyed in Truckee,  Friday, December 24, 2021, as a series of winter storms blankets the Sierra with snow. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) 

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