Thanks to new snow on the first day of winter, it's going to be a white Christmas in the Northland.

Troy Abfalter loves walking through Bentleyville, especially the light tunnels. So he created his own, at Dunedinville 2020. "I think a lot of folks, including me, were looking for something exciting. Something bright, something light. And that's how Dunedinville came about."

He and his girls created a walk through display, which they celebrated on the eve of the winter solstice. "I love winter. We got married in the winter, our first child was born in the winter," he said.

It's named after the street the live on, Dunedin Avenue in Duluth.

Neiva, who will turn 7 in January, loves the snow. She was even named for it. Neiva means "radiant snow." 

Others we met on Monday were out shoveling and snow blowing the new powder. Dave Janssen was using his fairly new snowblower to clear the sidewalk off Woodland Avenue. "I thought, oh good, I can cross country ski now."

He said, it looks like Christmas. "We moved here because of winters. We lived in Madison, and the Madison winters are kind of iffy. We've been cross country skiiers, and down hill skiers. We just like winter."

And in Proctor, the sledding hill was getting some action. Courtney Risley and her boys were making some memories. "It's the first day of winter break!" she told us. "And we haven't had snow in Superior, so this is great."

One woman we met who doesn't love the snow, acknowledged it does look nice. She told us, "We need more beauty in the world."

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