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Giant colorful pieces of sculpted ice depicting, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at this years award winning ICE event, are carved by a team of 40 master ice artisans from Harbin, China, and are on display through January 5th at the National Harbor, in Fort Washington, MD., Friday, December 20, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Giant colorful pieces of sculpted ice depicting, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at this years award winning ICE event, are carved by a team of 40 master ice artisans from Harbin, China, and are on display through January 5th at the National Harbor, in Fort Washington, MD., Friday, December 20, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Giant colorful pieces of sculpted ice depicting, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at this years award winning ICE event, are carved by a team of 40 master ice artisans from Harbin, China, and are on display through January 5th at the National Harbor, in Fort Washington, MD., Friday, December 20, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Giant colorful pieces of sculpted ice depicting, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at this years award winning ICE event, are carved by a team of 40 master ice artisans from Harbin, China, and are on display through January 5th at the National Harbor, in Fort Washington, MD., Friday, December 20, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Giant colorful pieces of sculpted ice depicting, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at this years award winning ICE event, are carved by a team of 40 master ice artisans from Harbin, China, and are on display through January 5th at the National Harbor, in Fort Washington, MD., Friday, December 20, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Giant colorful pieces of sculpted ice depicting, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at this years award winning ICE event, are carved by a team of 40 master ice artisans from Harbin, China, and are on display through January 5th at the National Harbor, in Fort Washington, MD., Friday, December 20, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Giant colorful pieces of sculpted ice depicting, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at this years award winning ICE event, are carved by a team of 40 master ice artisans from Harbin, China, and are on display through January 5th at the National Harbor, in Fort Washington, MD., Friday, December 20, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Giant colorful pieces of sculpted ice depicting, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at this years award winning ICE event, are carved by a team of 40 master ice artisans from Harbin, China, and are on display through January 5th at the National Harbor, in Fort Washington, MD., Friday, December 20, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Giant colorful pieces of sculpted ice depicting, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at this years award winning ICE event, are carved by a team of 40 master ice artisans from Harbin, China, and are on display through January 5th at the National Harbor, in Fort Washington, MD., Friday, December 20, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Christmas lights and decorations line the streets of Old Town, in Alexandria, VA., Wednesday, December 18, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Christmas lights and decorations line the streets of Old Town, in Alexandria, VA., Wednesday, December 18, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Christmas lights and decorations line the streets of Old Town, in Alexandria, VA., Wednesday, December 18, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Volunteers Brianna Melendez, 13 (L) and sister Noelia, 10, help decorate one of the lower chapels at The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., in preparation for Christmas. (Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times)

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Volunteers help decorate The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., in preparation for Christmas. (Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times)

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Volunteers help decorate one of the lower chapels at The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., in preparation for Christmas. (Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times)

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Volunteers help decorate The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., in preparation for Christmas. (Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times)

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Volunteers help decorate the Crypt Church at The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., in preparation for Christmas. (Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times)

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Darren Murphy, right, watches as his girlfriend, Janetta Deppa of Washington, D.C. is greeted by Aladin the Camel as part of Christmas at George Washington's Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, December 16, 2013. Mount Vernon celebrates Christmas with Christmas trees, 18th-century chocolate making, Christmas dancing and story telling, as well as Aladin the Camel. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)