Bay State braves bitter cold

(WWLP) - The freezing cold left residents all over the Bay State with chapped hands and rosy cheeks on Monday.

The snow may have stopped, but the frigid wind was blowing flakes from the tops of buildings and cars, causing drifts in areas people spent hours outside clearing.

“You feel you just did the snow and the wind is just blowing it all around. Here we go again!” Jane Longhi of Chicopee said.

United States Postal employees are some of the many workers who had to endure the freezing cold on the job. 22News spoke to one mail carrier in downtown Springfield who called the conditions outside "absolutely terrible.” He said everything takes much longer in the snow and cold.

But the freezing cold didn’t stop last minute holiday shoppers. One shopper told 22News the bitter cold puts him in the Christmas spirit.