Winter 2008

When news of the controversial and world-famous Anchorage snowman's demise exploded on the Internet this week, hundreds of Alaska and Lower 48 readers had two words for the city of Anchorage and anyone else who criticized the crowd-pleasing giant: "Bah humbug."

Several weeks ago, the city code enforcer, Jack Frost(actual name) -- acting when this year's giant snowman was half-complete -- declared Snowzilla a nuisance and a safety hazard. They banned homeowner Billy Powers from building an "extraordinarily large snowman." The city posted its stop-work order at the base of the snowman and on Powers' front door.

Who built it? Magic, said Powers. Christmas magic. And that's what he'll tell city enforcers if they pay a visit, he said.

-Anchorage Daily News

Complete story: http://www.adn.com/snowzilla/story/632231.html


"IF YOU OUTLAW SNOWMEN THEN ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE SNOWMEN"