The snow monsters of Japan. These are snow and ice covered trees, known as juhyou in Japan.
Now THIS is what snow looks like. This is the village of Xueziang (also known as the “home of snow”), which is 300 miles outside the city of Beijing.
Is it snow? Is it Guinness? No. It’s lots and lots of sea foam. This is the town of Cleveleys, near Blackpool.
Hollywood invented a new type of fake snow to film It’s a Wonderful Life. The Frank Capra film was shot in the heat of June and July in 1946. Frank Capra developed his own type of quiet artificial snow. He worked with the head of special effects, Russel Sherman, Mixing foamite with sugar, water and soapflakes they created a sprayable snow that could be quickly blasted over sets. Before this film fake snow was mostly made from cornflakes painted white.
Snow Church, Mitterfirmiansreut, Germany. This Catholic church is built of just ice and snow, and has opened a century after villagers first built a snow church in an act of protest. They were tired of walking 90 minutes to the nearest church. The church is about 65 feet long and is made of 49,000 cubic feet of snow.
Tokujin Yoshioka’s tank of flying feathers, which was on show at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.
The bottom left photo shows an exhibition at the Hong Kong Arts Centre where people can stick theirs heads through the ceiling of a gallery to find themselves in a winter wonderland. The top left photo shows the design by a company called Fantastic Norway. They have designed a series of interconnected homes for disadvantaged women and children in Nuuk, Greenland.
Find more snow photos here on the Dezeen Magazine website. http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/24/dezeen-archive-snow/
It wouldn’t be Christmas without The Muppet Christmas Carol.
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
One. Of. The Best. Books. Ever.
instead of throwing heads
they’re busy building toys
and absolutely no one’s dead! —
Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Frosty gets caught picking his nose.
