This year Hallmark is promoting their 10th in the series Dancing Snowman. But knowing the first was in 2003, things weren’t adding up. When thing don’t add up, I get obsessive. So I found this image and went through my archive and eBay to put a date to each one. It turns out they didn’t have a snowman in 2009. Instead they had a moving, musical Snoopy playing the piano. I went back to the Facebook photo album that was the precursor to this blog and found this quote.
This year they have Snoopy playing the piano which I’m not that interested in. Snoopy doesn’t play the piano, Schroeder does.
This year is the snowman with the dog and lamppost. I’ll have a video of it tomorrow. I like it more than last year’s skier. They have also reissued the original carolers from 2003. I didn’t see it in the store but you can get it online. Rose found me my last one from 2006 in an antique mall so now my collection is complete. My coffee table is now over capacity and the 2013 and 2003 snowmen are on a shelf next to the tree.
UPDATE: Thanks to all the commenters. I’m clearly missing the Canadian-only baking snowmen from 2008 but also there’s this new mystery snowman one of my friends has. It’s a mystery.
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Thank you!!! I thought was going crazy!! I put all of mine in order and there wasn’t one for 2009. That was not smart on their part to do a noopy one when ALL the rest are snowmen. Thanks for helping me NOT go crazy!
Thanks for the research, now I have to correct my dates on the early snowman that weren’t dated . I dated them forgetting that snoopy was the 2009 one instead of a snowman.
Yes, thank you. I was gong crazy too.
I agree with Robin–I also thought I was crazy and that I couldn’t count. Thanks for finding the missing piece.
There was actually a dancing snowmen issued for 2009, but it never made it into the hallmark stores. I actually found it in a Walmart , the year of the snoopy fiasco.
It was called hallmark musical snow-chefs. It was a mother snow person and her son making cookies around a stove. As far as I can see, on the Internet, I seem to be the only one that has this particular part of the collection.
I would post s picture of it on here if I could.
Does anyone have the musical snow chefs for sale? I have an autistic child that is fascinated with these and we are missing that one….it is driving us mad!!!!
I have this one…a mother with chef hat , stove and snowman child singing Jingle Bells
bought it at Walmart when I could not find it at Hallmark.
I also have it and you are right it was only at Walmart, I have them all starting in 2003 – 2016 and 2009 they did snoopy, unless you were lucky enough to find the snowchefs.
Would you consider selling it? My grandma has been collecting for a while and I’d like to surprise her with a few that she’s been missing.
Sorry…I lied there are a bunch of YouTube videos about the previously mentioned dancing snowman set.
Thank you so much for this, last year I tried to figure this out and then dropped it. I am still missing three, well my daughter has one in Utah, but now retired so I guess it will be a while before I can purchase the missing ones. But I tried and tried to find pictures of each year and had a hard time until I found your site!
You are still missing one. In 2008 they put out 2. There is also this one from 2008: http://www.ecrater.com/p/20241493/hallmark-animated-snowman-musical-snow
We have one that is called Musical Snow Chefs and it is by Hallmark. It seems to have (also?) been released in 2008.
yes thank you so much!!! I too tried last year to figure this out and dropped it. This year I found three of the missing snowmen from my collection, but not the olufe 2009!!! I have been going crazy trying to find it. Thanks to your site I can now stop looking and driving my family crazy.
I have managed a Hallmark store for 20 years, there was no issue in 2009 of the series. The series is called Jingle Pals that is the official name of the snowmen above. The Musical Snow Chefs was Hallmark’s way of trying to keep people happy about the snoopy release
The snow chefs were released in 2008, apparently in Canada only. It seems like they were released in Walmart locations so perhaps there was a special partnership done that year? Snoopy was 2009 so not sure how that would be related?
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So is myset complete withOUT the snoopy one?? Or do I need to find he Snoopy or Chefs ones to be complete? This has been too stressful. All along I thought I was complete.
Although the 2008 (Canadian Exclusive) Snow Chefs complements the Snowman Techno-plush collection, Snoopy is not generally considered part of this collection. In 2009 Hallmark decided to take a different direction with their holiday techno-plush. After seeing the huge drop in sales in 2009 they returned to the popular Snowman Techno-plush in 2010. For more information regarding this collection )including related ornaments ect. or for information about Hallmark Keepsake ornaments visit my site: digitalDREAMBOOK.com.
Does anyone have any suggestions on getting HALLMARK JINGLE PALS SNOWMAN SNOW DOG ANIMATED SINGING DANCING Pals to work….it worked last year….brand new battery’s ….I’m ready to put a stitch ripper to it……looked on you tube found nothing….please help!
By any chance does any one know of a repair person on this awesome but fragile beauties? I try and take the utmost care for my small collection of 4 but my 2004 Snowman and Dog (2nd year!) does not function any longer. I really like this one the best since it was my first but no matter now I bang it or change the batteries, it will not work, HELP !!
My 2004 one also is broke, hmmmm
I have the whole collection including Snoopy and the Chefs. I bought the Chef one at Walmart not realizing it was a Hallmark. I bought it because my son is a chef and they looked like the Hallmark ones. So happy i bought it. My piano man and 2008 do not work. I sure wish they could be fixed!
How long ago were you able to find the chef one? Thanks:)
2009
I bought a Hallmark chef one in 2019 on an auction site in great condition for less then $10
Does anyone have the 2003 Piano Playing Snowman for sale – in good working condition.
Does anyone have the chef snowman for sale.
So I want to know how to repair a corroded battery compartment. Help!
I’m looking for the chef snowman for sale too!
Ive been looking for 2011 and 2012 collectible snowmen the ones that dance and play music and have year on it I would appreciate help finding thanks
Look on eBay, I was missing 2003, 2004,2007, 2010, and like most every 2009.
Thanks for sharing I have the complete set also.
Today was the first time I’ve ever seen these Hallmark table toppers. Wow!! So jelly. Puts my Billy Bass to shame!
My first snowman is from 2008, I was a late starter. How can I go about buying the others? Help!!
We have the ones that you are looking for from 2003, 2004, 2005 2006 and 2007 and would be interested in selling them for the right price. Please let me know if you are intersted.
Hi – this is Peter ….I am very interested in buying your collection ….. What is the price ?
Check out garage sales. This is how I completed my collection as I started my collection in 2006
I have 2003, 2006, and 2007
Snowmen!!! Love em’!!
My wife has ALL the snowmen from this series. I would love to get her the matching books. Does anyone know where I could get them? She has only four books…
I would like the mystery snowman.. Can you tell me more about it? Also the person in Canada had the singing chefs snowman. Do you know where I can get one?
Hello! Does anyone know IF there were the Companion Books with EVERY YEAR? 2003 I cannot find; 2005 does NOT match the Piano Snowman; 2010 does NOT match the Plush Snowman with Penguin; 2015 almost impossible to locate??? Thank you and Happy ‘Jingling’… LOL
The books started in 2004 and yes, there is a book for each year. They don’t always correspond (there is a 2009 book which has nothing to do with snoopy). You can find a complete list here: https://pugscantfly.blogspot.com/2020/01/hallmark-holiday-series.html
I have an extra 2003 caroling couple singing snowman if anyone is interested in buying or trading for one I don’t have like 2004 or 2008 to 2012
I have a 2008, Jingle Pals, musical chefs, in excellent used condition, without tags. Email big_couch_monkey@yahoo.com for pictures and details.
Is there a 2009 one???
It was Snoopy that year. I didn’t buy it.
What is the chronical order of the snowman collection?
I had all of them. I’m sick over it this year Aug5 2022 we were flooded. I lost all of them makes me sick. My grandkids loved winding them up and playing all of them. They couldn’t be saved the music boxes gone. Got this years starting over
It’s super niche, but I’m glad your compling history. My wife has a sitting snowman set that (animated) that were super sentimental and broke. Is there any chance that you wouldn’t mind looking at a picture of them and giving me your opinion of where they might have come from?