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ANARIDIS RODRIGUEZ, 22NEWS.
WE WOKE UP TO ANOTHER MILD
DECEMBER DAY AND WHILE MANY
PEOPLE ENJOY THIS TYPE OF
WEATHER, IT'S NOT EXACTLY
FITTING FOR THE SEASON.
22NEWS STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST
NICK BANNIN IS LIVE IN
SPRINGFIELD WHERE HE FOUND
PEOPLE HOPING FOR MORE WINTER-
LIKE WEATHER LEADING UP TO THE
HOLIDAYS.
WE'VE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 50S HERE IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE PAST 3
DAYS, THAT'S TEN TO FIFTEEN
DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE AND
NOT NECESSARILY WEATHER THAT
PEOPLE WANT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
LOOKING AROUND, THERE'S ONLY A
FEW SIGNS THAT WE'RE NEARING THE
HOLIDAYS. WREATHS ARE HANGING,
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE GRASS,
PEOPLE ARE OUT FEEDING THE
DUCKS, WHILE OTHERS ARE RUNNING
IN SHORTS.
"WITH NO SNOW ON THE GROUND AND
TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN
AVERAGE, PEOPLE SAY IT DOESN'T
REALLY FEEL LIKE THE HOLIDAYS
ARE HERE." FOR BUSINESSES LIKE
SHOENIQUE IN LONGMEADOW THAT
RELY ON THE THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
TO DRIVE CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE
DOOR, THE WARM WEATHER AND LACK
OF SNOW HASN'T DONE MUCH TO GET
PEOPLE SHOPPING AND READY FOR
CHRISTMAS.
"WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THE
CALENDAR THEY PROBABLY DON'T
REALIZE THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE
THAT CLOSE." "IF IT'S MILD WE'LL
PROBABLY GET THAT PUSH THE WEEK
BEFORE WHEN PEOPLE GO "OH" IT'S
THE 20TH, I'VE ONLY GOT X AMOUNT
OF DAYS." IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND
GLOOM, WITH MORE THAN TWO AND A
HALF WEEKS LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS,
THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS FAR FROM
OVER.
"THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME
FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE MOOD,
I THINK THAT THE WEATHER WILL
HELP." WEATHER THAT'S MORE SNOWY
THAN SUNNY SHOULD HELP THE MOST.
SPEAKING OF SNOW, WE NEED IT.
WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 3 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE