Watch: Saudis celebrating snow send Twitter into a meltdown

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Excited Saudis are taking to Twitter to express their thrills and chills, with one resident even rolling snow into a carpet.

By Curated by Nilanjana Gupta

Published: Sat 24 Dec 2016, 10:22 AM

Last updated: Sat 24 Dec 2016, 8:21 PM

In Saudi Arabia, the snow comes every year, and every year it's a surprise.
Snow has covered the northern regions of Saudi Arabia, turning the desert into a winter wonderland. Saudis are taking to Twitter to express their thrills and chills, with one resident even rolling snow into a carpet.
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Other videos show people singing, dancing, and throwing snowballs at each other as snow carpets the desert.

Snowfall on Turaif in the north of Saudi Arabia.

By Abdullah Almotawa#snow pic.twitter.com/VW0eWfJHLR
- SaudiArabia GoodNews (@Saudi_GoodNews) December 20, 2016

The first Snow falling in saudi arabia ?? pic.twitter.com/DPtS7ruUPF
- Basmah? (@Basmah1206) December 21, 2016

Camels, who are not very used to seeing snow, are covered in white.

Another shot of the snow in Saudi Arabia.. pic.twitter.com/5OpvFphAkM
- ?. ????? ?????????? (@DrAlmuraishedS) December 20, 2016

This is really unusual , rarely happened, in Northern area in #saudi arabia #Camels in the snow with love ??#Beautiful #nature pic.twitter.com/E4nfvEawFL
- ?.??? ?????? ??????? (@DrA_Alharbi) December 20, 2016

A very rare scene for this camel who is so not used to snow in the Saudi desert. pic.twitter.com/kEYNJD24m5
- AzizSapphire (@AzizSapphire) December 21, 2016

Snow in Saudi Arabia yesterday. pic.twitter.com/kYZ00hHid2
- Jamilla (@JamillaTweets) December 21, 2016

Anomalous #snow storm in northern Saudi Arabia blankets #desert in white https://t.co/pLWzMFPAQX via @Strange_Sounds pic.twitter.com/RIfh4yLZYf
- Strange Sounds (@Strange_Sounds) December 21, 2016

The pictures #snow from the Northern of #Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/u2h0CTHSTu
- Zeyad ALshammari (@zeyad9999) December 23, 2016

Snowman, skiing and piles of cars -- people in Saudi Arabia have seen it all in this short-lived snow season.

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- ??????? ????? (@KSATODAY1) November 26, 2016

Forget the artificially-built Snow City, now you can even ski on the icy roads, like this man.

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- ???? ????? (@majed_waheep) November 23, 2016

Many others got slowed down as a long line of cars were seen stranded in the snow.