In fairness when the mood switched 2 weeks ago I changed my expectations from less than an inch to at most 6 inches for the metros. I knew this form of ENSO never gives us those 18in - 2ft storms. I didn't change my contest entry though because that would've for sure jinxed it.
PSU has been hinting at the models showing a SER Pac puke fest sometime after the new year and he made a post explaining how that setup is usually self sustained for weeks on end. He's not 100% on board yet because he said some pieces aren't in place yet but given our luck over the past 8 years...
How would you feel if snow misses us to the south like in 2017-2018? The Capital Weather Gang even wrote an article back then that said something along the lines of "the number of southern cities that have more snow than DC this winter is embarassing".
DCA average high for Christmas is 47, Accuweather's current forecast gives a high of 51 for that day so +4.
A torch would be more like today where the high is 62 compared to the average of 50, which is +12.