Ryan Gray, 8, of Hallowell, snowboards down a small hill on Friday, in Hallowell. He and his brother, Finn Gray, were trying out their Christmas presents the day after a snowstorm.

A pedestrian looks up at snow-covered Christmas decorations on the side of Gagliano’s Italian Bistro on Friday, at corner of Winthrop and Water streets in downtown Augusta.

Augusta Pawn and Jewelry employee Troy Hanscom spreads salt in front of the store on Friday on Water Street in downtown Augusta. Building owner Karen Hatch shovels snow further up the street.

Connie Wing, left, and Eunice Dee clap for the Cosmic Carolers after they finished a song at the Hillside Terrace on Wednesday, in Hallowell. The group performs in the city’s annual Christmas parade and this is the eigth year that the Cosmic Carolers have performed at several assisted-living and nursing homes in Hallowell.

People walk past the brightly decorated windows of Stacy’s Hallmark on Water Street in downtown Augusta on Tuesday.

Marine Pfc. Evan Goodwin, left, and Marine Corps League member Dana Walls, of West Gardiner, load a bag of toys donated for the Toys for Tots campaign into a vehicle in Augusta on Monday. Goodwin and another Marine were picking up the toys donated by the Western Maine Young Marines and the Marine Corps League Detachment 599.

Keith McCray stacks another package on the pile waiting to be picked up by UPS The Mailing Center, his store in Shaw’s Plaza in Augusta, on Monday. McCray joked that trying to stacked the different-shaped boxes was like a giant puzzle. He said that Monday is usually one of the busiest shipping days of the year, but the snowstorm had cut down on the number of customers coming in.

After getting presents wrapped for him by volunteers, Bobby Miller walks out of the United Volunteers of Maine’s Santa’s Other Workshop, at the Marketplace in Augusta, on Sunday. The workshop is located between the Dress Barn and Home Depot and isopen from Monday to Friday from 4:30 to 8 p.m. this week. In addition to wrapping gifts in exchange for a donation, Santa’s Other Workshop offer pictures with Santa and is a dropoff point for several charity toy drives.

Riding in a wagon, Santa Claus leads the 6th annual Hemphill’s Christmas parade down Oak Grove Road on Sunday, in North Vassalboro. The parade started from Hemphill’s stables, proceeded down Oak Grove Road to Route 32, went around a block and returned to the farm, where there was a contest for the best costumed horses and riders.

The lights on vehicles driving on Water Street between Market Square, left, and The Olde Federal Building are turned into streaks in this long exposure photograph of the deocrated Christmas tree taken around 5:20 p.m. on Thursday in Augusta.