New Yorkers are ice skating in tank tops as Bryant Park Christmas market opens amidst heat wave

At Bryant Park, Christmas is successful nan aerial — moreover if nan aerial is simply a balmy 80 degrees.

Temps successful nan metropolis deed 80 connected Wednesday and 74 degrees Thursday, but that didn’t extremity group from crystal skating and enjoying festive fare.

The Winter Village — complete pinch crystal rink, Christmas tree, vacation market, Lodge bar, and cozy igloos — went up successful Bryant Park astatine nan extremity of October, but nan unseasonal upwind has near visitors questioning it.

“It’s excessively basking for Christmas, truthful you don’t really consciousness nan ambiance,” said Maria Kalinina, 31, who was successful municipality from Paris for a business trip. “I took immoderate videos astir really weird it is: group successful t-shirts crystal skating pinch nan Christmas tree.” 

Others were making nan champion of it — while wearing vessel tops and different summery outfits connected nan ice.

“It’s for illustration we are having a bully summertime day,” said Lindsey Christensen from New Jersey who took her 6-year-old girl skating Thursday. “It’s beautiful wild.  We came present to do seasonal things, and it doesn’t consciousness for illustration nan correct vibe.” 

She felt for illustration she was getting a tan, adding “I should person put connected sunscreen.” 

Vendors are adapting pinch drinks and snacks much suited to lukewarm weather.

The Lodge barroom added a refreshing pome cider spritz ($18) to nan paper for those who don’t want basking cider.

“It’s astir apt nan astir celebrated portion correct now,” a bartender named Eva, who declined to springiness her past name, told The Post.

The S’mores N’More nutrient stall put a acold basking cocoa connected its paper past week erstwhile temperatures warmed up.

On Wednesday, they sold hundreds.

“It’s bully to beryllium capable to accommodate to our surroundings,” said Sharon Tong, who has worked location for nan past 2 seasons.

On Thursday, Lauren Lazzarro, who lives successful New Jersey, was buying 1 for her daughter, Sarah. “She wanted a basking cocoa astatine Bryant Park Village, but she’s sweating.”

Sarah didn’t look to mind. “It tastes conscionable for illustration basking chocolate, but it’s cold,” she enthused. 

“As agelong arsenic it has sugar, she’s happy,” her mom added. 

Olivia Johnson, an 11-year-old from New Jersey who was skating pinch her mom, Jill, and wearing a flimsy flower skirt connected Wednesday, said nan acquisition reminded her of a clip she went crystal skating successful Miami.

“I want to travel backmost erstwhile it’s colder,” she said. “It conscionable feels much earthy that way.”