Suzy Snowflake

"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.

In other media

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

• List of Christmas/holiday hit singles in the United States
• Yuki-onna

References

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.

External links

• Suzy Snowflake at Central New York News