I was born in subtropical India,
never saw snow in real life.
I did not know what a snowman was,
certainly, never built one.
Then, I came to California
got opportunity—
to read, see, and build one,
I painted snowman too.
Who does not love Olaf?
He made us fall in love
with snowman.
This festive season,
they are everywhere,
inflatables, mostly,
waving cheerfully.
Then I learned Spanish.
Snowman is called 'muñeco de nieve'.
Recently, I learned Japanese—
it is called 'yukidaruma'.
It feels nice to know,
about this fun figure of snow.
About the Creator
Seema Patel
Hi, I am Seema. I have been writing on the internet for 15 years. I have contributed to PubMed, Blogger, Medium, LinkedIn, Substack, and Amazon KDP.
I write about nature, health, parenting, creativity, gardening, and psychology.
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Comments (2)
I learned something new too from reading about the snow man Thank You 🙏
Oh wow, thank you for teaching me how to say snowman in Spanish and Japanese!