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Suzy Snowflake

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"Suzy Snowflake" is a song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, made famous by Rosemary Clooney in 1951 and released as a 78 RPM record by Columbia Records, MJV-123.

Suzy is a snowflake playfully personified. It is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, although it makes no mention of the holiday. The child-oriented lyrics celebrate the fun of winter. According to legend, she is said to be the wife of Jack Frost.[1]

A cartoon short based on the song was made in 1953 by Centaur Productions, with stop-motion animation created by Wah Ming Chang.[2] It is annually shown during the Christmas season on WGN-TV in Chicago and WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, along with another production by Centaur, Hardrock, Coco and Joe and an early UPA version of Frosty the Snowman.

Clooney later re-recorded the song for her 1978 Mistletoe Records album Christmas with Rosemary Clooney.[3] It has been covered by other artists, most notably Soul Coughing in 1997.

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The character of Susie Snowflake from the Goosebumps franchise, who first appeared in the book More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps and later the mobile game Goosebumps: Horror Town, is named after this titular song.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "'Coolest place to be:' Jack Frost ready for holiday season". The Cumberland Times-News. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 305. ISBN 9781476672939.
  3. ^ "Rosemary Clooney - Christmas With Rosemary Clooney". Discogs. Retrieved November 21, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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