Us. Its december 26th, 7 00 a. M. Claudine wong. As you can see there thick powder covering slopes. Something visitors have been missing for several years. That resort is family owned. And managers say theyve been dreaming of a White Christmas since the start of the drought. Weve been praying for this christmas for a long time. And this is absolutely vital to our season. Reporter beautiful out there. Officials at donner ski ranch say they got 4 feet of snow and its really, really nice day. A little cold. Youre right, but beautiful if you had a jacket. And its going to be the same for today. We actually start out this morning with a freeze warning like claudine mentioned. Giving you a live look there over the skyline. Temperatures just as chilly, even chillier in inland locations. Some of us are actually starting out a little warmer than we were yesterday morning in any case. Lets take a look at this freeze warning in place until 9 00 this morning. Issued by the National Weather service