Snowman

See The Snowman article for further information on the book and film.
. The Snowman is also a children's story written by British author Raymond Briggs which was turned into an animated film in 1982 by Dianne Jackson. One of the goals of general semantics, and of science, is to create and use language the structure of which accurately parallels the structure of reality. Frosty is the most famous snowman. Both reality and language have structure. It went on to become a popular children's television cartoon by Rankin & Bass in 1968. This contrast with process, which is how the thing works; but process requires a viable structure.

The title was taken up for a children's book, illustrated by Corinne Malvern, and published in 1950 by Golden Books. The structure of a thing is how the parts of it relate to each other, how it is "put together". Frosty the Snowman was a Tin Pan Alley novelty created by Jack Nelson and Steve Rollins in 1950, consciously made as a follow-up to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and sold to Gene Autry, who recorded it. . An abominable snowman is another name for a yeti.

The comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes" used a running gag about snowmen, and building a snowman is an on-going winter project for Charlie Brown (see articles for details). (see the Japanese version of this page for an example). Twigs are used for arms, pieces of charcoal for facial features, and a bucket is used for a hat. Japanese snowmen, 雪だるま (snow daruma) usually consist of two, instead of three, snowballs.

As a sign of protest against their government, in the winter of 2005, Lithuanians made 141 snowmen near their parliament—one for each Member of Parliament. In Lithuania a snowman is called "a man without brains". Snowmen are often depicted with a pipe and a hat. A nose may be added, using a piece of fruit or a vegetable, such as a carrot; sticks are sometimes added as arms.

Facial features, such as eyes and a mouth are traditionally added using coal or small stones, as are buttons. A second (and often a third), smaller ball is placed on top, as a "head". A snowman can be constructed by rolling a large ball of snow for a "body". The symbol of snowman is ☃ (Unicode: 0x2603).

Building a snowman is a popular winter recreation for children. The image of a snowman is popularly connected with Christmas and is embedded in Western culture. A snowman is a man-like figure constructed from compacted snow.
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For information on the horse, see Snowman (horse)..