Sunday Evening Video: The Snowman Cometh Again

This week we are going to re-present an animated film that we previously featured in this spot twice over the last twelve years or so.

Originally I posted this in the middle of a series of snow storms in January, 2014. Then six years later I was being all aging-hipster ironic and presented it at the tail-end of a month-long series of heat waves. This weekend, because I really did have a couple of readers request this recently, and also because I’m trying to get the blog written in advance before I leave for GI Joe Winterfest,  we’re bringing you the classic animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ children’s book, “The Snowman” for a third time.  Luckily, it’s really, really good. I mean, if it sucked I wouldn’t have even shared it once.

This version has the original opening, featuring a spoken word intro and brief appearance by Briggs himself. The OSCAR-nominated “The Snowman” was produced by John Coates and directed by Dianne Jackson, both of whom worked on The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine.” It’s a classic of 1980s animation, and it might just help take your mind off of some of the awfulness permeating the world at the moment.