Weather The Winter Storm That Ruined Christmas (Travel): New Photos of the Fallout Dec. 27, 2012 prev3 of 30next Joshua Bickel / CorbisMotorists exit their cars to walk around while stuck in traffic along I-65 South just north of Lafayette, Ind., on Dec. 26, 2012. Share Read Later Tornadoes. Snow. Ice. Downpours. Only hours after opening Christmas presents, Americans were confronting, and coping with, severe weather across a wide swath of the country.