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Forget reaching for your boots if you’re heading outside and put on a pair of ice skates.

Some people are taking advantage of the layer of ice left behind by the freezing rain that covered Montreal during Boxing Day.

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Zachary Trépanier and his friend Frederic Girard went out with skates on Drolet St. in Villeray.

Trépanier said the funny moment was shot around 5 p.m. Monday.

Robert Eardly and his son Michael took the opportunity to play a little hockey in what may be the most Canadian spontaneous moment ever captured on camera. It was shot Dec. 26 in Île-Bizard.

There’s also this one shot by Nicolas Daoust:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj9zACLljO8&feature=youtu.be

If you have photos or videos of you and your friends slipping and sliding around Montreal streets today, send them to micote@postmedia.com.