A crowd gathers around a fire outside of the Viking Bar to watch the toilet seat toss and smoosh races. 

Stan Thomerlin hurls a frozen turkey toward a set of pins outside of Backus.

Stan and Betty Tomerlin pose with their vintage Icebox Days gear outside of Backus Community Center. The two used to live in the Falls, have s…

Chili cook-off contestants gives out samples of their chili at Backus Community Center.

A group of enthusiastic turkey bowlers.

A child admires a snow sculpture of a husky, one of the two sculptures that tied for first place.

Spectators react as a smoosh team hits the ground.

Callie and Jakob Wise take a seat in the snow to watch the toilet seat toss outside of the Viking Bar.

Meredith Freshley of Duluth throws a toilet seat lid during the toilet seat toss outside of the Viking Bar.

Three colored coordinated teams compete in the first round of smoosh races.