The New Year brings resolutions and new dreams but it also
brings snow and frigid weather to many parts of the world. Snow
is not always welcomed by adults but for children, snow means
snowmen, igloos, sledding, skiing, snowballs and rough and
tumble fun. In the doll world, winter fun is epitomized in the
tiny figures referred to as Snow Babies. The origin of the Snow
Baby is clouded. Some say the Snow Babies manufacture began in
the mid 1800s and was based on the sugar candies and figures
colored and covered with sugar and used to decorate Christmas
cakes. Others believe that the Snow Babies were a commercial
venture created to capitalize on the explorations of Admiral
Peary to the North Pole. Another, perhaps more plausible
thought, is that there were tiny figures covered with what
looked like snow being sold in Germany prior to the exhibition
to the North Pole and when the discoveries of Peary caught the
attention of the World, the German manufacturers decided to cash
in. The tiny figures began to be calle