Christmas songs - so many questions

Cafe Society
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The bridge was revised to imply the characters are kids (“We’ll have lots of fun with Mr. Snowman/Until the other kiddies knock him down”), and some covers use both bridges, placing the snowman-builders in a quantum state of being a young adult couple and innocent tykes at the same time.

Also, we all agree the revised bridge is shittier, right? It’s cloyingly juvenile and rhymes “snowman” WITH ITSELF.

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That is my LEAST FAVORITE Grammar Girl column ever.

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In a way, yes. The Oklahoma City Zoo used her song as a promotion to get donations for a hippopotamus. They bought one and named her Matilda. To this day a statue of Gayla and Matilda stands at the zoo.

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So, teenagers?

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Nah, I’m thinking “adult couple” and “young”, like in their 20s as themapleleaf mentions above.