Firefighters battle a furious blaze at the former Arrowhead Dude Ranch on the Cooley Road in Parksville, N.Y. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011.    Several tanker trucks from companies around Sullivan County were called in with a draft site established to pump water to extinguish the flames.  The three-alarm blaze was reported shortly after 10 a.m. with fire consuming the structure with flames and thick, black smoke reaching to the sky.  (AP Photo/Times Herald-Record, Michele Haskell)

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Members of the Empire Triathlon Club from Manhattan spread holiday cheer as they ride en masse, dressed at Santa Clauses, on South Piermont Avenue in Piermont, N.Y., Sunday  Dec. 11, 2011. The Santas were on their way back to the city after riding up to Nyack. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Seth Harrison)