We just wanted you to see this neighborhood example of the true Christmas spirit.  The parents of the children who built this snowman were badly burned in an airplane crash a few years ago.  They have had to learn all over again to love and admire their mother who, even after many surgeries, will always be disfigured.  These little girls built the snowman you see in these photos.  They built it in their neighbor's yard and placed it so that it could be seen from the neighbor's big dining room window--just where the couple always sit when they are eating.  These neighbors have been very ill for several years and are now pretty much home bound with round the hour care from a caretaking company.  To us, this is a wonderful example of children who are well-acquainted with receiving a great deal of attention and gifts of all sorts because of their parents' accident--now turning and giving what they could to others.  Merry Christmas family, we love you.