Let It Snow, Let It Snow

The odds were good that the Las Vegas Review-Journal would do something creative with its front page after the area got up to 10 inches of snow, including a white coating along the Strip. The paper greeted the rare winter storm with a "Welcome to Las Vegas" photo. AME Greg Haas points out that "reporters rewrote the 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and it ran on the front page, with refers to the story inside." The rewrite began:

'Twas the week before Christmas, when all up the Strip
Not a sunbeam was shining, not even a bit.
The towers were shrouded in a gray, foggy cloud
As slushy snowflakes gently fell all about.
The tourists were bundled, their cheeks rosy red
While visions of jackpots danced in their heads.
Those hoping for sunshine could do nothing but mourn
As Las Vegas was hit with a rare winter storm.

But all good things seem to come to an end. On its Web site this afternoon, the Review-Journal predicts much of the snow will be gone by the end of the day.