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Massachusetts has a new icon and while he may be frosty in nature, he’s melting hearts all over the state. Meet Parker, a towering 20-foot snowman in the town of Shirley, built by “snowman artist” ...

Organizer Lenny Kromer, the lead snowman builder, loads Christmas trees for the Burning Snowman Festival. The 38-foot tall “snowman” is expected to have 150 trees stuffed inside the framework.

We just got about two feet of snow dumped on us. And, today, the sun is shining. It's a great day to make a snowman or snow creature and take a shot at winning the Swampscott Recreation contest.