Episode 79: Snowmen: Pornographic Protests to Modern Traditions

CW: A tiny mention of antisemitism, War, A mention of sexual imagery involving an animal
In this icy exposé, we unravel the frosty rebellions of snowmen, from scandalous 1511 protests to frostbitten battlefields. But fear not, we’ll also warm your heart with global snowman traditions. Get ready for a snowstorm of surprises!

This article touches on most of the things we talked about in this episode with some additional examples of snowman history thrown in as well!

This is an article in list format that also touches on many things we talked about but adds some more examples that we didn’t talk about and aren’t in the above article!

This article is specifically talking about the Burning of the Snowman festival in Wisconsin.

This article will tell you all about the exploding snowman of Zurich. Be sure to also watch the video I’m going to link below!

This is supposed to be the very first image of a snow figure from The Book of Hours dated from the 1380.

Let me introduce you to Olympia, the tallest snowperson! She’s 122 feet tall and her eyelashes are 6 feet long!

There’s a lot more to the Sapporo Snow Festival than the snowpeople, but the thousands of tiny sculptures is certainly one reason to go.

In many places in California, it’s too warm for actual snow, so instead, you can check out the Lighting of the Snowman festival!

Finally, the image that haunts M, this is Hans Christian Andersen’ contribution to snowmen history (or one of them). From his story “The Snowman.”

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