The Abominable Snowman of Mount Everest belongs to the winter lands. As Winter Is Coming, cold climate creatures from polar zones (polar bear, reindeer) and alpine zones (Yeti) creep closer upon civilisation, reintroducing their presence to our imaginations as we battle wild blizzards in our stilettos to get to that darn Christmas party. Upon arrival we've all fumbled with cold hands over dozens of frozen silver buttons to get out of that wooly overcoat or stiff winter pants.
History also grow closer to us during the winter holidays. Cinderella and the Yeti both belong to a common folklore with local variations across the eastern and western civilisations. "Bumble the Abominable Snowmonster" is the enemy of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (in the 60's Am. television show, he wants to eat the reindeer).
Cinderella in her Victorian dresses also draw on the great romantic tales of Jane Austen and the Br?nte sisters. As Frank Sinatra sings in "Christmas Waltz": "It's that time of year When the world falls in love". Love in Victorian times reads as long walks in the garden with convoluted conversations, eventually culminating in the activity of two warm bodies pressed together in the synchronised movements of ...a shared waltz.
Also, every Christmas and New Year, Vienna gives us (Europeans at least) classical concerts and waltzes, with a grandness only surpassed by the Winter Ball at the Castle in the Cinderella story.
So there you go. It all wraps up ever so nicely
...and the Snowoman? Well, p. eople in some parts of the world may not be quite ready for women with higher aspirations than beauty queening and housewifing. Based on recent affairs, introducing Snowomen may be a more appropriate level to start.
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Originally Posted by hexappeal
