Courtesy
of Roy Wood of Wizzard, this is another little lyrical poser that
Christmas songs throw at us.
How
exactly does a snowman “bring the snow”?
A
snowman cannot bring snow. He is snow surely, and can only bring snow
if snow has already been brought with which to construct him, so he
can then bring snow. Another snowman might have already have brought
snow, but then, who brought the snow that constructed him?
To
consider this, I suppose in all honesty, would have taken Mr Wood a
long way from an all time seasonal favourite (and pension plan).
A
snowman already constructed in another location where snow was
already in place, could theoretically bring snow with him when he
visits Mr Wood's vicinity. But this is assuming that the temperature
in Birmingham was cold enough that the snowman and the snow he was
bringing wouldn't melt, and if it was cold enough there might already
have been snow there, so the snowman bringing some would have been
pointless.
However,
it has just been pointed out to me that I might be making an
assumption vis-a-vis the nature of the snowman. A milkman is not made
out of milk, yet he brings milk. So it could well be that a snowman
is actually some sort of tradesman, who's job is to deliver snow –
possibly by means of a float – to people in the Black Country.
The
snowman thus delivers snow to adults, and also to children, so that
they might “Take it!!!!”
Copyright
Bloody Mulberry 23.12.13
