Northern Illinois Could Now See a Shockingly Warm Christmas

Just when you thought you knew what to expect for a Christmas in Northern Illinois, think again. I guess expectations should be thrown out the window when you get a foot of snow on Thanksgiving weekend, right?

Now I am totally cherry-picking here, mainly because I want a nice and warm, well, everything, but Mike Caplan at Fox 32 in Chicago shared a couple of screenshots on Facebook that made my jaw drop.

Sixty-three degrees for a high in Rockford on Christmas Day is not something you'd see very often, and if I'm being honest, it sounds totally awesome. If I had a Christmas wish, this kind of temperature would totally be it, as it's only a few ticks off an absolutely perfect day.

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Northern Illinois Reacts to the Possibility of a Warm Christmas

Based on the comments on Caplan's post, many people had the same reaction. Plenty of skepticism, plenty of jokes about it being a super early April Fool's prank, and more than a few Heat Miser and Snow MIser references thrown in too. Of course, once the jokes wore off, the familiar disappointment showed up as well, with people asking about what happened to our white Christmas.

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If Christmas Wants to Be Hoodie Weather, So Be It

At this point, you can keep the sleigh bells and snow boots. If Christmas in Northern Illinois wants to show up in a hoodie this year, I’m not asking questions. I’m just opening a window and letting it happen.