Did you watch 'the snowman' when you were a kid?

You can watch it here if you don’t remember. It’s without David Baowee’s introduction, but just as good (in 3 parts)!

I had the cassette and the book.

That shit scared the shit out of me.

I don’t even want to think about it.

I remember watching it when I was in second grade; all I really recall was that it was sad.

I don’t like sad stuff, so I avoid it. :P

(I figure I have enough stressors in my life without making my entertainment stressful.)

@evegrimm If you found the snowman depressing it’s probably really really good you didn’t see the next Raymond Briggs film adaption When the Wind Blows, which was about a couple slowly dieing from radiation sickness after a nuclear war starts.

@Lightlyseared, I found it sad/depressing, IIRC, because SPOILER! the snowman melts at the end, and the boy loses his friend.

Am I remembering it correctly?

Also, the piano music is sort of sad, too.

i used to have a friend that was scared of it so i only watched it once. :D

Yup. When it was shown in the US, I would’ve been about 13 or so, and I just found it meditative and lovely, if a bit sad at the end.

Plus, I wasn’t as excited about snow as the boy was. Wisconsin is very snowy in winter.

I watch it every year. It is one of my favorites. I guess when I see it, it makes me remember that there is always a friend out there, who no matter what is always there.

I have seen it a couple of times, it’s sweet and I love “We’re Walking in The Air”

I watch it every year.

It bored me as a child.

It bores me more now.