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Natalie Wass, 37, and Amelia English, 29, both of Minneapolis, wander through the Ice Castle outside the Mall of America during a preview event on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Wass and English work for the Mall of America Entertainment Department and are dressed as ice princesses.
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Ryan Hansmeyer
Ryan Hansmeyer, 29, of Apple Valley performs fire spitting at the preview event of the Ice Castle at the Mall of America on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.
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Ice princesses
Natalie Wass, 37, and Amelia English, 29, both of Minneapolis, wander through the Ice Castle outside the Mall of America during a preview event on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Wass and English work for the Mall of America Entertainment Department and are dressed as ice princesses.
Caroline Yang for MPR
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Fire spitters
Thanos Morrowind, 22, of Burnsville and Ryan Hansmeyer, 29, of Apple Valley perform as fire spitters at a preview event for the Ice Castle at the Mall of America on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.
Caroline Yang for MPR

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