[A dock worker in New York takes a smoke break during today's winter storm. After all the drama over the last blizzard, today's snowfall turned out to be a bit of a dud. Image via AP]

[A man on stilts teases a group of children during El Museo del Barrio's 34th annual Three Kings Day parade in New York today. Image via AP]

[A PETA volunteer does her best Cheetara impersonation during one of those "fur is bad, sexy girls are good" protests at Rockefeller Center today. Image via Getty]

[One of Michael Jackson's biggest fans has a message for Dr. Conrad Murray, who went on trial for manslaughter in Los Angeles today in connection with the superstar's death. Image via Getty]

[Las Vegas is better known for Cirque du Soleil than Frosty the Snowman, but residents had a chance to play with the latter after a rare winter storm covered parts of the city with inches of powder. Image via Getty]

[We're not entirely sure how this works, but tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer play on an aquatic tennis court in Doha, Qatar today to promote the Qatar ATP Open Tennis tournament. Image via AP]

[Participants in the annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge at Coney Island run into the ocean. Click through for another picture of very cold people. Image via Getty]

A group of men dressed like Vikings lead the torchlight procession that kicks off Edinburgh New Year's celebration. Kind of makes the Times Square ball drop look a little wimpy, no? Image via Getty]

[Organizers of Times Square's New Year's ball drop test the quality of their confetti two days before the big event. Come on. It's confetti. How hard can that be to get right? Image via AP]

[A crew shovels off the Q train track in Coney Island today. Plenty of New Yorkers are pissed that two days after the snow started their roads haven't been plowed and public transport is a mess. Image via AP]

[Sure, some people were trapped inside, stranded at the airport, or forced to shovel, but others still managed to have some fun in Central Park with all the fresh snow. Image via Getty]

[A monitor at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, shows canceled flights today as the East Coast gets hammered by a snowstorm. Image via AP]

[It's like a toy store exploded in the front yard of this Brooklyn home, one of many that had elaborate lighting displays—and huge power bills—for Christmas. A few more pictures from the 'hood below.]

[Modern day Druids celebrated the Winter Solstice—the shortest day of the year—at Stonehenge this morning. For some reason the song "Rhiannon" is now stuck in my head. Image via Getty]

[Thousands of people are camped out in European airports like London's Heathrow because of the giant snowstorm that's crippling travel in the region. Image via Getty]

[A harried mail worker tries to keep up with the packages today at the James A. Farley Post Office in Manhattan. Today is traditionally the busiest mail day of the year. Image via Getty]

[Michelle Obama isn't coming to town, but she is helping the Marines sort 100,000 toys for their Toys for Tots program. Image via Getty]

[Sure, it was probably cold as hell for this ironworker on the 52nd floor of One World Trade Center today, but what a view! Image via AP]

[The controversial video work "Fire in My Belly" by David Wojnarowicz was shown at New York's New Museum today to protest the piece being banned from the Smithsonian following pressure from religious groups. Image via Getty]

[Yes, people, this was Florida today. Temperatures in the 30s didn't keep this dude from surfing or posing for some South Beach snow bunnies. Image via Getty]