It's Chicago; It's Winter;

It snows!

• Mother Nature may be flirting with Chicagoans with a few days of sunshine followed by a winter storm watch in the same week.

  The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch in effect Sunday evening through Monday afternoon.

  Heavy snow is expected Sunday night into early Monday morning with a total of eight to 12 inches likely, the weather service said. Accumulation rates of an inch per hour is expected, but should stop by mid-day Monday.

This was the top story Saturday in both papers' on-line editions and each of the major networks. And the second story? Clear off the lawn chairs, 5-gallon-buckets and 2x4's saving parking spots or Shortshanks will do it for you.

You'd think they never saw a snowflake before 2010.