17 days till Christmas

17 days till Christmas
December 8th
Movie of the day: The Snowman
One of my favorites! It has no dialog, except for the prologue. It doesn't need it. The music fits perfectly with the animation that it speaks for itself. These are the weirdest looking snowmen I had ever seen, but it opened my eyes to new and different ideas for snowman than the old used silk hat, butten nose and two eyes made out of coal. Calvin and Hobbs also create an array of goulish snow goons. Wikipedia elaborates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes#Snowmen
Here is the Snow man in 3 parts:





Christmas Carol of the day:
Frosty the Snowman
http://www.41051.com/xmaslyrics/frosty.html
This is another one that everyone knows the tune to but no one knows all the lyrics. I don't remember ever using coal or buttons on my snowmen. We always used bits of sticks for embellishments. I built my first snowman on the back porch when I was 4 or 5. It was about a foot tall and had a baby carrot nose with raisins for eyes. When I got a little older, my very good friend and I went the route of Calvin and Hobbs and made two headed snowmen and the like.
I haven't made a snowman in many years. Perhaps today is the day! We are having a mighty snowstorm that is keeping most of the city from venturing out farther than their driveway.
I am going to put on my snow gear and head out to get some supplies from HyVee to make some homemade soup or casserole (I haven't decided yet) and maybe make a snow angel on the way.

Christmas Trivia
History of snowmen from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowman
Here is a review for a book worth looking into.
It is called the History of the Snowman by Bob Eckstein