CHICAGO (WLS) -- Just days ago, the Chicago area was hit with the first snowfall of the season . Now, it has thawed out and people are taking advantage of these unseasonably warm days while they last.

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"I can actually take the hoodie off and I still feel good. It's a shirt type of weather," Chicago resident Chris Lopez said.

Holiday lights beamed at Maggie Daley Park Friday on the opening day of its ice-skating rink, even though it feels nothing like Christmas.

"I don't like when it's too cold out here because don't nobody be out here," Chicago resident Jaylen Scott said. "I'm a very interactive person. I like seeing people."

For most of the day, temperatures sat comfortably in the upper 50s, something a few Los Angeles natives

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