January is a big month for historic events in DC, but the debut of two new pandas at the National Zoo is perhaps the biggest highlight for Washingtonians. Bears Bao Li and Qing Bao will finally meet the public,

Celebrate the arrival of the National Zoo's two new pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, with these specially themed hotel packages.

Jan. 6, the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington D.C. shared a sweet video of its two new panda bears, Bao Li and Qing Bao, frolicking in the freshly fallen snow in their habitat. Over six inches of snow blanketed the D.

The Smithsonian National Zoo posted video on Monday (January 6) of giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao enjoying a frolic in the snow as Washington, D.C. was blanketed by a winter storm.

A pair of red pandas broke out of their zoo enclosure and escaped into a nearby forest. The female cubs, Li and Yen, made the daring getaway after heavy snowfall caused plants in the panda enclosure to collapse, offering an escape route.

The two giant pandas were seen on camera playing around in the snowfall that blanketed much of the Midwest and mid-Atlantic on Monday.

CANBERRA: The Australian public and tourists will soon be able to visit the new pair of giant pandas - the only in the Southern Hemisphere - at the end of their quarantine period following their arrival from China last month.

D.C.'s panda-conomy is taking off as the Smithsonian National Zoo's bears debut this month. Why it matters: Giant pandas mean

Did you know pandas are fearless in the frigid temps? They don't hibernate in the winter and can navigate through snow-covered bamboo forests in their native China at temperatures