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Eight-year-old Lauren Mulligan, dressed for the warm weather, checks out the holiday storefronts of Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan, NY on December 22, 2013. The temperatures of the day were projected to reach an uncharacteristic for December high of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. (For The New York Times)

Eight-year-old Lauren Mulligan, dressed for the warm weather, checks out the holiday storefronts of Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan, NY on December 22, 2013. The temperatures of the day were projected to reach an uncharacteristic for December high of 70 degrees Fahrenheit.  

(For The New York Times)