Philadelphia. That does not just break the record that completely destroyed it. Our previous record 64 degrees much we topped at 71 in allentown a record there. A record in Atlantic City even mount pocono 64 degrees today. And temperatures still very mild at this late hour. 64 in philadelphia. Calm winds. Low 60s down the shore. Still up around 50 degrees right now in the poconos. And weve had a couple of rounds of showers and december thunderstorms over the last two days. And that trend continues on storm scanstormstorm scan3 quiey philadelphia but showers an few imbedded thunderstorm washingtoning their way north eastbound from parts of delaware into our shore points. Cape may picking up heavy downpour right now likely hearing a few rumbles of thunder. Well talk more about rain chances for Christmas Day and another round of record warmth in store and ill have all that in your full forecast in a couple of minutes. Lauren, thank you. Not everyone is cool with this Christmas Eve warmup. For some the warm weather takes the tradition out of the season. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live outside the cathedral basilica of saint peter and paul to explain tonight. David . Reporter jessica, some say there is a lot of explaining to do with mother nature. Midnight mass begins in an hour. 30 minutes ago, people started arriving to stake out those good seats. Choir just began and while some say it may not feel like christmas outside tonight, they told me it certainly feels like christmas up here and right here. Reporter the physical sites and sounds of christmas were out in full in sent city philadelphia. But something stood out. A temperature that brought beads of sweat on Christmas Eve. This is the first time ive been out here and not needed gloves an hat or jacket or anything. I am out here sweating. Reporter but little sweat didnt stop thursday ton moon from playing his favorite christmas songs. For everyone to enjoy. Im enjoying it. Im making some tips so im helping my familiar enjoy christmas. At the ice rink in dilworth park was more like a slush ring. This would be in june this would be beautiful but the fact thats Christmas Eve is beyond reason. Reporter yet again the 68degree temperature on december 24th brought out ice skaters in shorts and a tshirt. I like the warm weather. I had to shovel 27 times last year. This is perfect. Reporter others arent as happy about the warmup. Winter is supposed to be cold and snowy. Reporter over at the cathedral basilica, hundreds piled in to celebrate Christmas Eve mass. Every couple years we try to come down here and just see the massive big church. Some wanted to celebrate at the famous basilica after pope francis walk through the same doors back in september. I think hes grant. I think hes a blessing to the world. The lord works in strange ways. Then we have a jesuit pope is wonderful. He thinks outside the box. Reporter there are several other midnight masses going on in the area tonight. There was also a Spanish Speaking mass celebrated behind me at 9 30 tonight. A lot of people wearing short sleeves jessica 11 00 oclock at night Christmas Eve it is quite a site to see. Reporting live, david spunt cbs3 Eyewitness News. This is one to remember, david, thank so much. Eyewitness news also at Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church in merchantville. Parish sang and performed at nativity pageant. The church is celebrating a variety of masses including one at midnight in just about an hour. The weather also perfect for Christmas Eve services outdoors. Eyewitness news at the Old First Reformed United Church of christ in old city. Parishioners there took part in Nativity Service which told the story of the birth of jesus christ complete with live animals. Pope francis celebrated mass at saint peters basil clay in vatican city. The pontiff joined by catholic faithful remembered the birth of jesus christ in bethlehem. This is pope francis only public mass for christmas. But tens of thousands are expe expected to crowd saint peter square tomorrow as the pope delivers a tra dig al speech. Storms from the gulf coast to the northeast caused hundreds of flight delays for travelers trying to get home for christm christmas. Atlanta had the largest percentage of delays according to flight tracking website flight aware. Long lines also meant flight missed for many air travelers but as the day went on and the skies cleared out, the runways cleared out as well. Families across the south are spending Christmas Eve assessing the damage left behind by a deadly outbreak of december tornadoes. We know at least 14 people are confirmed dead in mississippi, tennessee and arkansas. Others are still reported missing. The line of spring like storms also dumped flooding rapes in alabama and triggered a mudslide in the georgia mountains. Other parts of the nation will have a white christmas. Although the snow caused some headache for drivers. You see several inches of snow fell in omaha, nebraska, and icy conditions there made the roads treacherous. Several accidents were reported. A fire heavily damage as delaware bakery. The this fire started around 6 00 oclock tonight at serpes in elsmere. Before the fire started many were lined up outside to pick up their holiday treats. It had been open for more than 60 years and state fire investigators are searching for a cause. No injuries were reported. A bucks county chef is serving up Christmas Meals for local veterans in need. Chef max henson packed up the car and took his indicators business on the road today. With turkeys dinners in tow he crisscrossed the Delaware Valley and delivered the meals to dozens of families a salute to the veterans service. I appreciate it. Im very happy. This makes our christmas. Definitely appreciate it. Just to be noticed and somebody to recognize it. Chef hanson says giving back in his blood. Hes following in his late fathers footsteps. His dad was a pediatrician who often spent the holidays away from home helping others. Well, santa claus is well into his worldwide journey tonight and norad is tracking saint nicks every move. Santa claus headed out of the north pole on time earlier with the reindeer. Volunteers at the north American AerospaceDefense Command center were busy today answering calls from kids all over the world asking when santa will arrive at their house and were following santas journey live right here at cbs3 and right now we know hes approaching quebec, nan today. Just about 20 minutes ago he made his first pass through philadelphia. Santa is already delivered more than 5 billion gifts. Dont worry, well keep an eye on him all night. You can track him along with us its at cbsphilly. Com. Earlier today, we caught up with santa at the cherry hill mall, and Eyewitness News photojournalist tom gardner listened in on some of those secret conversations with santa. Welcome to the north pole. How are you sweetheart . Where do you want to sit here or here . All right. Look over here and smile much nice and big. Stinky feet. We dont have stinky feet do we . What do you want for christmas sweetie . I want a barbie doll. What do you want for christmas . A camera. And what do you want . Dirt bike. What do you want . Dirt bike. Dirt bike. Tell him what you want for christmas. Toys. Toys. Okay. How about you . Doll toys. What do you want for christmas, sweetheart . A bike. Bike . A michael coors purse. I want a penny war. You dont think i can brin bring no im happy. Okay. Violin. A violin . Can you play the violin. I already have a violin. He she already has vile hin. I already have she wants a violin. All i want for christmas is my two front team. My two front teeth, my two front teeth. Merry christmas dont you love those smiles . It is Holiday Party all about teeth and teddy bears and becoming annual custom at one of philadelphias premier hotels. Our Vittoria Woodill has a date for hay tea and bringing along some of the cutest companions in tonights taste with tourism plus camping out for pastries. Where the crowds waited all night for a christmas treat. Lauren. Instead of christmas snow, we have christmas thunderstorms and more in the forecast for our Christmas Day. Also, another round of record warmth and ill have all the details in your full forecast coming up. And the eyewitness sports holiday tradition continues. The legendary harry kalas reads the knit before christmas when we come back. Eyewitness news at term knee brothers bakery in south philly today. Customers lined and bright and early tis morning to pick up their favorite sweet treats and of course termini legendary canolis were the Main Attraction that. That kept employees cranking out delightful desserts all day lo long. Tea and teddy bears a holiday favorite at one philadelphia hotel. In tonights taste with tori our Vittoria Woodill shows us what this make afternoon celebration so special. Reporter christmas is all about tradition. Like sitting around the tree for that perfect Christmas Card snapshot and since two of my passions in life are family and food ive invited a few of my cutest cousins to what i hope will be a new christmas tradition. Cody bear tea at the Rittenhouse Hotel. Teddy bears. The Rittenhouse Hotel has been celebrating their high tea in high fashion in the lounge every day for 26 years. Boy, i thought i was fancy. But youre fancier than i am. General manager reg has the past year years have been sweetr than ever. This is our third year including the children for ted dough bear tea. These little loud are dolled up and ready to go. Plush adorable bears are placed for the children to mace as as place setting a selection of delightfully inspired and perfectly delicate sweets and savories layer over type china ready for tasting and playing tea party. More desserts. And no party would be complete without flutes of bubbles or sparkling apple juice. And of course saucers of hot chocolate and tea are poured for all. With a few teas that even bloom. Its truly fancy and fun for all. And as they say, the heart of any Family Tradition is a sweet and meaningful experience. For me, a few bears a few bowes and a few sips had this day meaning more than ever. I love tori. I love you. Merry Christmas Everyone . Merry Christmas Everyone Merry Christmas to all of you. Cute face there is. Tori has another special christmas story shell be bringing us tomorrow night at 11 00. A man and his best friend reunited just in time for the holidays. Well tell you about the scare that sent sergeant dog to the er a story with a very happy ending but one every dog ener needs to see tomorrow at 11 00. Lauren is joining us now onset. Youre back from outside where its very warm out there. Very warm. No coat needed as we said. I know people were out in shorts today. Flipflops its christmas. What site. I know. Its just crazy. Mother nature is a little confused. Hey if do you like this record warmth we have another round in store. So it will be quite the Christmas Gift for yourself as we head into the Christmas Holiday. But yeah hard to believe the last two days record breaking temperatures and another set to go down as we head into our Christmas Holiday but for right now, fog is settling and in check out this scene. Kind of erie looking for Christmas Eve in ocean city, new jersey. That fog settling in greatly reducing visibilityies can barey see make out ferris wheel a little bit visibilities will drop off as we head into the overnight period but im sure santa will be able to get through that fog no problem. Rudolph and reindeer got to issue with that. Santa was in what, can in a dan ontario making his way back in the us into new york state to drop off some more presents so far billions and billions delivered. Storm scan3 showing us we are dealing with a resurgence of shower and a few thunderstorms. That are moving into parts of southern new jersey and also along our shore points as well. Some pockets of heavier rainfall. Especially where you see the yellows and oranges batch of shower imbedded storm activity moving to the northeast about 45 miles an hour and we can see locally heavy rain that could contribute to some localized flooding as we head into the next hour or two. But for right now Center City Philadelphia is dry but hasnt been the case over the last two days. Soggy holiday Philadelphia International picking up well over an inch and a half of rainfall. Trenton about an inch an quarter in the last two days. Close to an inch in reading. Close to an inch in Atlantic City. Well likely pick up more rain as we head into the next couple of days. But hopefully overnight tonight youll get a peek of that full moon because a full moon tonight on christmas and head into Christmas Morning is pretty ra rare. Our first in nearly 40 years and wont occur again until 2034. Moon set at 7 06 tomorrow morning so you have until then to check out that full moon on christmas. Temperatures right now conducive to making that trip outdoors. 64 degrees in philadelphia. Very mild Atlantic City. 62 degrees. A little bit chillier mount pocono but still very mild for you at 49 degrees. Checking in on our dew points, tells us about that muggy factor when dew points are up into the 60s its muggy and not just by december standards all year long. So hard to believe it is Christmas Eve. And were feeling humidity in the atmosphere and all of that moisture is contributing to fog settling in reduced visibles right now in philadelphia down to about 7 miles an hour. Visibilities down to a quarter mile in wilmington. Same case in Atlantic City. So thats nearing on dense fog. So if you have to be out and about late tonight or early tomorrow morning, keep that in mine. Visibilities likely reduced. Have that chance avenue shower or passing thunder shower dropping to 58 degrees in philadelphia. For Christmas Day i think were mainly dry during the daytime hours. And very warm as well. 69 degrees. That would break another record high temperature. Previous record 68 set back in the 60s and a lot of these records will fall as we head into the day tomorrow with some more warmth in store. Future weather showing us dry during the daytime hours. Tomorrow night seeing some shower and storm activity moving in. As we head throughout our saturday kind of scattered showeshowers in store. Sunday looks like our driest day over the next three days so keep that in mind for your outdoor plans because we will be topping some of that shower activity on saturday for the eagles game. 56 degrees. The temperature so briefly cooler and then on sunday, another record to fall. 70 degrees with a chance avenue passing shower. Much cooler by monday. Kirk cousins drafted to be a backup. You know the guy that holds the clipboard, wears a head set and sits on the bench with a jacket on. But a funny thing happened in washington guy under center now. Out performed Heisman Trophy winner rgiii. Now hes the man and he can win the nfc east saturday against the eagles. The birds respect his game g what quarterback does not focus in on when and takes what you give him. When desean is open and has it kirk has the arm to get it there. Hes an accurate 34. A good decisionmaker theyre h hittinhitting on all cylinders. It will be a hell of a challenge for to us step up and beat them. The eagles host washington right here on cbs3. Well get you ready with our pregame show at 7 00. The game kicks off at 8 25. Its the night before christmas and here at cbs3 that makes us think of only one man not jolly saint nick but the voice of the philadelphia phillies. The late great harry kalas. Philadelphia close your eyes and let harry the k take you away. It was the night before christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all smug in their beds while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. And momma her kerchief and i in my cap had just she would down for a long winters nap. When out on the lawn theyre arose such a clatter i sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window i flulike a flash, tour open the shudders and through up the sash. And the moon on the breast of the new fallen snow gave the lustered midday to objects below. What do my wondering eyes should appear but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. With a little old driver so lively and quick i knew in a moment it must be saint nick. More rapid than eagles his coarsers they came and he whistled and shouted and called them by name. Now dash cher, now dancer, now prancer and vixen, on comet, on cupid, on donder and blitzen. To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall, now dash away, dash away, dash away all. As drive leaves before the wild hurricane climbed they meet with obstacle mount to the sky so up to the house top the coarsers they flew, with a sleigh full of toys and Saint Nicholas too. And then on twinkling i heard on the roof, the prancing and pawing of each hill hoof. I drew if my hat and was turning around, down the chimney Saint Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot and his clothes were all tarnish with ashes and soot. A bundle and toys he had flung on this back, and he look like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes how they twinkle his dimples hour merry, his cheeks were like chose, his nose like a cherry. His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow and beard of his chin was as white as the snow. The stump a pipe like whitey hell tight in his teeth and the smoke encircle his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plum app right jolly old elf and i laughed when i saw him in spite of myself. A wing of his eye and a twist of his head, soon gave me to know i had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work and filled all the stockings then turned with jerk and laying his finger aside of his nose, and giving up a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, and away they all flulike the don of a thistle. But i heard him exclaim as he drove out of site, Merry Christmas to all ton all a good night. When youre on hold, your business is on hold. Thats why comcast business doesnt leave you there. When you call, a Small Business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. No annoying hold music. Just a real person, real fast. Whenever you need them. So your business can get back to business. Sounds like my rides ready. Dont get stuck on hold. Reach an expert fast. Comcast business. Built for business. vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. Duringur share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive million dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Its Christmas Eve so why not go water skiing . Thats what Festive Group decided to do near the nations capitol. Santa the grinch, jack frost and frosty the snowman celebrated the holidays on the Potomac River in alexandria, virginia. Hey, wow, annual event. This year on lookers though dressed in their short sleeves instead of the heavy winter coat. It probably wasnt so uncomfortable this year actua actually. Looks like pretty good time. Thats crazy. Well be right back. Thats going to do it for us tonight. For lauren, don everyone here im jessica dean. You can fine us at cbsphilly. Com a special thanks to all the great people here at cbs3. Many of them behind the scenes. 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