Greensleeves.....Snowman Night

[UCM]

I have bought the pyjamas, the Snowman/Father Christmas dvd and I managed to get a little box of chocolates from Waitrose which are 'the snowman raymond briggs ones'. I just need to make sure we have the crafty gear & the stuff to make the biscuits....

Greensleeves, thanks for that, I am more excited by the 'Snowman Night' than by actual Christmas day LOLOLOLOL. DH thinks I am bonkers.

For those of you who don't have this wonderful tradition, on asking for ideas, Greeny came up with snowman night on Christmas eve, where you make snowman biccies, snowman decorations and watch the snowman, in christmas Jamas of course and with hot chocolate. I can't wait.

oooh what a fab idea

might do this the weekend before advent starts.

Oh, how lovely!!! It is fun, I love it

We have white "snow" marshmallows in our hot chocolate while we watch the Snowman, too, and this year I am planning to make "snowballs" out of marshmallows and ice cream...... and sing snowman-related songs

In fact if by some miracle there is a smattering of snow in Devon this year, I might try and take them up one of the tors on Dartmoor to make a snowman during the day, before they put their snowman PJs on

...I meant meringues and ice cream for the snowballs

Greeny have I told you I love you recently?

Can you believe in one weeks time we shall be meeting? I am very excited

Oh snowman night sounds great!!! We have Yule a few days before, then we can have SMN, then Xmas...

You know, this could be big, like Halloween if everyone starts doing it. I will have to make 'Happy Snowman Night' cards

I do love the idea of other families doing it too, my boys so enjoy it

I only had the idea last year, but it worked so well we are keeping it as a tradition, and we keep thinking of little things to add to it

....in fact ds1's idea this year is that as well as one big snowman biscuit each to decorate (white icing and sweets/white chocolate and dessicated coconut) we sould also make and decorate some smaller ones with holes at the top so we can loop a ribbon through and hang them on the Christmas tree

where do you get the pjs from?

Greensleeves you are a gigantic slop monster

(Matalan have fab Christmas type Jarmies, cream with teddies wearing red scarves on)

Yes yes, matalan, not snowman ones but I got polar bears!!

is everyone else doing it xmas eve?

just to be nosy.

do we need snowman night names?

And can I use mine the last weekend before advent please?

Well, polar bears ARE white, so I had to compromise. Couldn't get snowman ones anywhere.

Oh that's wonderful - going to nick this idea I feel....but might be at the expense of crib service at church
Still, as a sort of polydeic household (is that the word I mean??) I reckon we can find a way round it

I got snowman PJs off ebay, they are navy skinny ones with little snowmen all over them...I am really excited about Snowman Night, it is lovely

Got sooooo excited by these that I had to post a pic, they just go so well with the dvd,

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I will be xmas/snowmanned out by the 28th Nov, I can see it now.

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Arse, UCM, your link doesn't work - am on the edge of my seat here!!

Do it again!

Aw, they are lovely!

I know, aint they!! Awww, my neice is coming for Christmas and I have bought them both a little pack.

I have got the LP of the snowman music, and I used to have a snowman nightie case

Letterbox have a Snowman activity book for £2.99 in their stocking filler section (although it is apparently A4 size so wouldn't fit in most stockings!). Says it has "stories, stickers, games and puzzles".

I used to have a snowman on my Christmas stocking. I say used to. I still have the stocking

Greeny, this is a lovely idea. When my two are a bit older - ie next year - we will do this

Mr Snowman...

Hi, did you see my post on the original thread about my Mum, Greensleeves ?
She is obsessed by Snowmen. (sounds a bit wierd when you say it like that!)

She makes this giant Mr Snowman out of carboard and cotton wool like a covered wastepaper basket!With a big black top hat on and real woolly scarf round his neck. Stands about 2' high.

After Christmas Dinner we would be taken one by one up to Mr snowman to get our very last present by find the bit of red wool with our name on. When you pulled the string your present came out of the top oh his hat
We kids thought it was just the BEST thing ever!
Its been going at least 30yrs now.

We still have him at Mum's now and she puts little perfume s in for us adults and tiny toys for the grandchildren!

ooooooohhhhh I'm a big christmas softy!!!!1

I had planned to watch polar express and read A night before christmas on xmas eve....

I love this idea though.....
Maybe I could do a xmas eve eve snowman day!???