“It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.”
― Dylan Thomas, A Child’s Christmas in Wales
The theme is Snowmen. ‘Or more specifically Snow People as there are some females being featured in snow,’ says Robert E. Jackson, who sent us these images from his fabulous collection of vintage snapshots and found photos. I urge anyone who loves old pictures and imagining the stories they hold to check out his posts on our site.
Of course, snow means instant winter. It means shovelling driveways and footprints leading towards Norman Rockwell World. On TV reporters in branded jackets warn of snowmageddon and seek images of snow-globed cars and tales of foxhole camaraderie. Children and other dreamers just hope the snow thickens and settles for school closures and fun. Throw in a Viking Funeral and Snow People and smile as snow covers the cracks and makes everything better. Same as it ever was…
Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
And two eyes made out of coal
Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale, they say
He was made of snow, but the children know
How he came to life one day– Frosty The Snowman, Gene Autry
Do you wanna build a snowman?
Come on, let’s go and play
I never see you anymore
Come out the door
It’s like you’ve gone away– Do You Want To Build A Snowman by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
I tried so hard, my dear
To show that you’re my every dream
Yet you’re afraid each thing I do
Is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past
Keeps us so far apart
Why can’t I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold, cold heart?– Hank Williams, Cold, Cold Heart
We’ve lots more from Robert E. Jackson on the site. And you can follow him here for more great stuff.
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