EPISODE · Dec 22, 2023 · 3 MIN
How The Snow Globe Started Shaking Up Winter
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
Winter is officially here in the Northern Hemisphere. If it doesn't feel like it yet, grab a snow globe - we'll tell you how they got their start. Plus: in Newburgh in Fife, Scotland, they turn sketches by local kids into a set of holiday light sculptures. Was the Snow Globe Invented by Accident? (Snopes) A Scottish Town’s Annual Competition Invites Its Youngest Artists to Design ‘Wonky’ Holiday Lights (Colossal) Help us make more episodes like this one as a backer on Patreon!
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Winter is officially here in the Northern Hemisphere. If it doesn't feel like it yet, grab a snow globe - we'll tell you how they got their start. Plus: in Newburgh in Fife, Scotland, they turn sketches by local kids into a set of holiday light sculptures. Was the Snow Globe Invented by Accident? (Snopes) A Scottish Town’s Annual Competition Invites Its Youngest Artists to Design ‘Wonky’ Holiday Lights (Colossal) Help us make more episodes like this one as a backer on Patreon!
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