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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM LITTLE FALLS RADIO. 

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued from 3pm today to 6am Friday for an area from the Twin Cities Metro Area, north through St. Cloud, Little Falls, Brainerd and all the way to the north shore covering most of the state. Southern Minnesota is in an dense fog advisory into Friday. Rain and freezing rain will develop this afternoon with temps around 33 degrees, by night the temps stay steady around 30-33 degrees but rain will change to freezing drizzle and freeze fog overnight leading to very slippery roadways into Friday morning. If you travel this afternoon and evening be advised of freezing precipitation in areas causing slick roads. 

Today is Christmas Day. Many offices, businesses, banks, schools, some food places, and grocery stores area likely closed today. Some gas stations, and other items may be open but you will need to expect many items closed for Christmas Day. Many churches have Masses or services this morning around the area, check with your church bulletins for times and places. Also with Christmas on a Thursday this year, some offices and businesses and government agencies have decided to stay closed Friday, December 26th so again you might need to call ahead to see what will be open on Friday. Banks and the post office will reopen on Friday the 26t and regular mail delivery will return on Friday and also on Saturday.

On this Christmas Day, Little Falls Radio will have many Christmas items including on Q92 WYRQ continuous Christmas Day sermons and holiday music through tonight. AM960 KLTF has the Christmas Carol with Orson Welles from 1938 at 9am, Jerry Stewart at 10am, Catholic worship and song with Father Jimmy Joseph, Michael Retka and others at 11am, special Polka World Today at 12pm with Gene Retka for 3 hours and more specials tonight, Friday, Saturday and Sunday so stay tuned to Little Falls Radio and stream each of the 3 radio stations at fallsradio.com and click on the listen online link.

Death Notices: Katie Rosenthal, age 46 of Little Falls.

Weather: Winter Weather Advisory starts at 3pm today. Cloudy with rain and freezing drizzle by afternoon, high 33, breezy East winds. Tonight rain, freezing drizzle, freeze fog possible, temps are steady around 30 to 33 degrees. Friday morning freeze fog and dense fog until 10am, then cloudy, high 36, partly cloudy and colder Friday low around 15. Saturday sunny high near 40, rain and freezing rain at night with light snow after midnight, low around 22 at midnight, dropping to 6 above by afternoon Sunday with gusty winds over 35mph and very cold wind chills. Sunday night clear, low -6, Monday sunny skies high 9 above.

Sports: 3 NFL Games on Christmas Day including Vikings host Detroit today at 3pm on AM960 KLTF. Vikings have a number of players not playing today due to injuries. Also today Dallas at Washington and Denver at Kansas City in the NFL. Also 5 NBA games today including Timberwolves at Denver the final of the games today on ABC/ESPN starting around 9:30pm tonight in Denver. 

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