Please imagine this as a ticker scrolling across your television screen…

CHICAGO AND SURROUNDING AREAS…BREAKING NEWS…BLIZZARD COULD BE BIGGEST IN HISTORY OF CITY…ADVISORY WARNING:  THIS DAY IS UNLIKE OTHER DAYS AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO APPROACH IT AS SUCH…

WALK THE CLOSED STREETS WITH YOUR CHILDREN…HAVE A PICNIC WITH A SNOWMAN…GRAB SOME KOOL-AID OR FLAVORED SYRUPS AND SET UP A SNOW CONE STAND…

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING SO MAGNIFICENTLY WHITE AND EXPANSIVE AND FLUFFY?…

DON’T JUST MAKE SNOW ANGELS, BE A SNOW ANGEL…BY LEAVING NICE NOTES ON STRANDED CARS…OR HANDING OUT HOT CHOCOLATE…OR JUST STROLLING THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A HELPFUL SHOVEL IN HAND…

YOU HAVE THIS FREE WIDE-OPEN ANOMALY OF A DAY…SOAK IT UP…

IF YOU’D LIKE US TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU, WELL, SHAKE UP THE LETTERS IN THE BIG SNOW DAY AND YOU’VE GOT NOW’S THE BIG DAY…

STAY WARM…STAY ATTUNED…OVER AND OUT…XOAMY