The Earlist Snowmen

@celticeagle (189833)

Boise, Idaho

December 2, 2025 2:36pm CST

It is hard to come by any documentation of the earliest snowman. A book entitled "The History of the Snowman" by Bob Eckstein did have documentation of the first snow man going back to 1380. The author searched artistic depictions in European museums, art galleries, and some libraries. He found that Michelangelo was commissioned in 1494 by Piero de' Medici to make a snowman. In the collections of the National Library of Wales is the earliest photograph of a snowman in 1853 by a Welsh photographer, Mary Dillwyn.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Dec

You mean the snowman I made in 1966 wasn't the first?

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@celticeagle (189833)

• Boise, Idaho

2 Dec

I guess not.

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@LeaPea2417 (40029)

• Toccoa, Georgia

2 Dec

I think snowmen are adorable.

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@celticeagle (189833)

• Boise, Idaho

3 Dec

Yes, they are.

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@wolfgirl569 (135744)

• Marion, Ohio

2 Dec

That's a long ways back

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@celticeagle (189833)

• Boise, Idaho

3 Dec

Quite a ways, yes.

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@RasmaSandra (98005)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

2 Dec

And I thought that my dad and I when I was 5 made the first snowman, Live and learn,

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@celticeagle (189833)

• Boise, Idaho

2 Dec

I think we all feel that way as kids.

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@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Dec

I've never thought about someone having to make the first snowman.

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@celticeagle (189833)

• Boise, Idaho

3 Dec

I don't think they did make them back in the Stone Age though.

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@LindaOHio (222362)

• United States

3 Dec

Interesting. Something I never thought about.

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@celticeagle (189833)

• Boise, Idaho

3 Dec

I thought it was too.

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