The unseasonably warm weather in parts of Canada is being met with mixed reaction.

Many Canadians woke up to a green Christmas, with some in the Atlantic provinces even being greeted by record highs.

Residents in parts of New Brunswick have been told to keep an eye out on rising water levels, as the temperature hovered around 6 C in Fredericton on Saturday.

Marlene Beveridge, in St. Almo, N.B., said the recent warm temperatures caused her basement to flood.

"It was just coming in there so fast and the basement was completely full," she told CTV News.

And when she called her son for help, his car got stuck in the driveway.

"The current was pushing the ice so hard upriver, that I couldn't get across," Jeff Beveridge said. "It would have pushed me off of my driveway and into deeper water."

Luckily, he found a tree to hold onto while he awaited rescue by firefighters.

The warm weather is catching many across Canada by surprise -- and for some the warmth is putting a chill on their business.

All of the lifts at Camp Fortune in Chelsea, Que., are open, but there are fewer skiers, owner Bob Sudermann said.

"The problem is people judge the skiing conditions by what they see in their front yard," he said. "They see grass -- they automatically assume that the skiing must be the same."

But for others, the warm weather means more people out and about, sometimes spending money.

Montreal-based photographer Lucien Gobeil says he wants it to stay warm for as long as possible.

"When it's mild like this, (people) are very happy. They forget about what they have to pay … so it's fun," he said.

Meanwhile in Cole Harbour, N.S., a group of young boys hit the streets rather than the rink for a pickup game of hockey. But they say it's just not the same as playing on ice.

"The ice surface is better and smoother than the pavement," one player said.

But the pavement will be covered with snow and ice eventually. Next week's forecast for the Atlantic provinces will see a return to normal temperatures for this time of year.

With a report from CTV News's Vanessa Lee