In New Mexico, we make our snowmen out of the materials at hand:
(updated with a link to the video because I can’t figure out how to embed it right)
jfleck at inkstain
A few thoughts from John Fleck, a writer of journalism and other things, living in New Mexico
How about the police get out of their CRUISERS and onto BIKES, so they can interact with citizens instead of pretending that they are cool or that they are glorified meter maids? Yes, they need cars to respond to crimes in distant destinations, but when do they need to go 150mph? A few times per year?