SNOWMEN AND BIRD HOUSES

[ReillyDog]

My wife just sent me out to buy more Christmas decorations, and I noticed that most of the snowman decorations show Frosty holding a bird house on a long stick. Why? Is there some connection between snowmen and bird houses that I'm not aware of? I thought this might just be the artistic license of one Frosty decoration maker, but MOST of the Frosty stuff had these damn bird houses....

[Duck Duck Goose]

Er--maybe (http://www.giftygirl.com/31355.html) it's (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?cat=45284&product_id=1090758&type=2&path=0:4096:41938:45279:45284&dept=-105) a (http://www.1001holidaygifts.com/itm01655.htm) broom? (http://www.1001holidaygifts.com/itm01639.htm)

[Duck Duck Goose]

... and so, of course, after I go through all of that to prove to you that you're just hallucinating, it's actually a broom, I'm upstairs in the Reading Room just now, browsing through last Sunday's K-Mart flier, and there on page 5, is a snowman gift tchotchke, and he's holding a wee birdhouse on the end of a stick.

I have no clue what the idea is supposed to be. All I can guess is that a birdhouse is probably a lot easier to manufacture than a broom, being just a cutout sort of vaguely triangular shape. Or maybe it's just that some enterprising graphics designer thought it up, and now EVERYBODY'S doing it.

I agree, it makes no sense.

[gadgetgirl]

ok, lets' think about this.
Where would you find a snowman?
yes, that's right, oursite in your yard.
what else might you find in your yard?
A fence, a tree, maybe a birdhouse?????
just a thought
sorry about the sarcasm, I work in retail, this time of year really takes it out of ya.

[Finagle]

When would you find a snowman outside? In the winter.
When do birds nest? In the spring.

There's not much overlap.

Someone wasn't thinking clearly when they thought this idea up.

[ReillyDog]

oh my gawd! does this mean i've come up with a question for the world's smartest human being?

Unca Cece - if you're perusing this thread, what's the dope?

[astro]

I'm out. Pushes google links to center of table.