Remember this day in Tucson history?
On Dec. 25, 1987, residents awoke to a white Christmas. There hadn't been a Christmas Day snowfall here since 1916.
Here are the only times Tucson snowfall has been recorded on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day since the city's official weather records began in 1894: 1916 — Christmas Day (4.0"); 1941 — Christmas Eve (1.2"); 1974 — Christmas Day (trace); 1987 — Christmas Eve (1.0"); and 1987 — Christmas Day (2.6"), according to the National Weather Service.
Photos: 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights
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Emma Sherry, left, and her sister Scarlett dance and play on behind a projection screen set up to demonstrate some of the science behind light at the display in the yard at 3001 E. Kleindale, one of the homes lit up at the 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 12, 2023. This year’s festival runs through December 25th, 6-10 p.m., daily. There is no drive through night this year. Admittance is free, however donations for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona are encouraged and can be dropped off at several entrances points to the festival. For more info, including the list of vendors, rides and food trucks, go to https://www.winterhavenfestival.org
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A family of visitors stroll past this year’s winner for best tree display, superheroes included, along Treat Circle at the 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 12, 2023.
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The Wishing Tree on Christmas Avenue already has quite a collection of chained wishes, on the third day of displays at the 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 12, 2023.
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The Grinch waves to the visitors passing in the hayrides from his throne on Fox Avenue at the 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 12, 2023. The Grinch was available for photos on the night.
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Lea Anderson writes he letter to Santa with the stationary and Santa Mail set up for all comers in the yard at 3410 N. Bentley Ave., one of the displays decorate for the 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 12, 2023.
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Early visitors walk through the arch for Candy Cane Lane, most days of the year called Farr Street, as the sun goes down on the fourth night of lights at the 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 12, 2023.
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Passersby, and the decorations, are reflected in a puddle in the middle of Kleindale Road, at the 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 12, 2023.
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A Santa statue, complete with reindeer, waits atop a house along Kleindale Road for nightfall at the 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 12, 2023.
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A cactus theme fills a yard on Windsor Street at the 74th Winterhaven Festival of Lights, Tucson, Ariz., December 12, 2023.
The lights, the wide-eyed children and gifts and the wonderful parts of Christmas past. We'll conveniently forget crowded stores.
