Twas The Night Before Christmas

'THAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WHEN ALL THROUGH THE HILLS<br>NOT A SKILIFT WAS MOVING, NOT EVEN TYE MILL.<br>THE CHAIRS WERE ALL HUNG ON THE CABLE WITH CARE.<br>IN HOPES THAT SOME RIDERS WOULD SOON BE THERE;<br><br>THE GROOMERS WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR STALLS<br>THE SKIDS WERE ALL GREASED, THE TILLER INSTALLED,<br>THE LIFTEES IN BEANIES, AND JUST SLIGHTLY STONED<br>ALL SETTLED DOWN AND WAITED FOR THE RING OF THE PHONE.<br><br>WHEN OUT ON THE TV RICH SAID WITH SOME GLEE<br>WE'RE EXPECTING 12 INCHES, THAT'S ENOUGH TO GO SKI!<br>AWAY TO THE BASEMENT THEY FLEW IN A FLASH<br>GRABBED FOR THEIR BOARDS, AND TOPPED OFF THE STASH!<br><br>THE CONVERGENCE IS RIGHT, THE LEVEL IS LOW,<br>WILL STEVENS GET DUMPED ON, WILL SNOQUALMIE GET SNOW?<br>WHEN, WHAT TO WONDERING EYES DID APPEAR,<br>A POWDER ALERT EMAIL, "FRESHIES UP TO OUR EARS"!<br><br>THEN OUT TO THEIR SUBEES, THEY WENT IN MASSES.<br>HALFWAY UP THEY CHECKED JACKETS FOR PASSES!<br>THE RADIO TUNED TO THE LASTEST REPORT, WHEN JAKE MOE CAME ON AND SAID WITH A SNORT!<br>"ON STEVENS! ON WHITE PASS!, THE SUMMIT IS OPEN!<br>MISSION RIDGE IS BLUE BIRD, 12 INCHES, SKIES BROKEN"! <br><br>"DON'T WATCH FOOTBALL, DON'T GO SHOPPING,<br>THE SLOPES ARE ALL COVERED, THE HALFPIPES ARE HOPPING"!<br>THEN THE RADIO FADED, THE AREA'S WERE NEAR.<br>WE ROUNDED THE LAST CORNER AND WHAT DID WE HEAR?<br><br>THE QUAD BELL WAS RINGING! THE BULLWHEEL'S IN GEAR,<br>IT SNOWED LIKE THEY SAID, NOT LIKE WE HAD FEARED!<br>THE FORECAST LOOKS GREAT, IT'S RIGHT ON THE DIME, <br>MERRY SNOWDAY TO ALL, LETS RIP SOME FRESH LINES!<br><br>Peace, Jerry<br><br>

Bravo! Very nice.