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Enter the iBerkhires Holiday Lights Photo Contest for Prizes

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iBerkshires.com wants to see your holiday light display, whether it's traditional red and green or a multicolored extravaganza. 
 
Submit digital pictures of your exterior decorations to our Holiday Lights Photo Contest for a chance to win a cash prize of up to $250!
 
You have until midnight on Monday, Dec. 19 — plenty of time to get those lights up! — to submit your entry. The contest is open to all our readers in the Berkshires and surrounding towns. 
 
Pick one picture that best captures your home's holiday spirit, give it a title and write a short caption explaining what we're seeing. Are these your first lights? Have you been adding to your collection? Is there something you just love about your display? 
 
Voting will begin on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 12:01 a.m. and end on Christmas Day. All the pictures will be available on the iBerkshires' website for our readers to vote on.
 
The pictures will show the title and you can vote once a day for your favorite and the winners will be announced the week following Christmas. Tell your friends to click that link every day to win. 
 
The winner will receive a $250 prize; second place will get $100 and third place a $25 restaurant gift certificate. No purchase is necessary. One valid entry per contestant and you must be 18 years of age or older at time of entry to be eligible.
 
The contest is being sponsored by Berkshire Roots of Pittsfield, which wanted to do something fun for the community this holiday season. 
 
Submit your pictures to iBerkshires here and vote for your favorite on Dec. 20. 

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Snow, 'Freezing Drizzle' Forecast for Berkshires

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The day before the day before Christmas is shaping up to be a messy mix of rain and snow. 
 
A winter weather advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service office in Albany, N.Y., through 7 a.m. on Wednesday for Berkshire County, and eastern Rensselaer County in New York. 
 
Patchy snowfall was expected to begin Tuesday morning over the region and through the afternoon, before turning to freezing drizzle in the evening. The region could see total accumulations of 2 to 5 inches of snow and a glaze of ice. 
 
WTEN Channel 10 in Albany has North County and Southern Vermont getting up to 6 inches. 
 
Heavier snow is forecast beginning after midnight along with gusty northwesterly winds. According to NWS, "The combination of gusty winds and falling snow will likely reduce visibility and lead to difficult travel."
 
Christmas Eve will be cold and breezy and Christmas Day cloudy with highs in the upper 30s, but turning frostier in the evening. Friday will be in the 20s with a chance of snow. 
 
Most schools are either already out this week for the holiday vacation or have half-days Tuesday or Wednesday. 
 
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