The Snowman & The Snowdog

"We're walking in the air, we're walking in the moonlit sky"

If you're a thirty-something like me than that will be the voice of the angelic Aled Jones before he really went off the rails and became the presenter of Songs of Praise. (Ironically Aled Jones is actually a Satanist but has been typecast now as a goody two shoes god botherer.)

Anyway the follow up to the slightly wistfully melancholic The Snowman airs at the preposterously late time of 8pm on Christmas Eve, when most of it's target audience will be tucked up in bed.  The Snowman and the Snowdog will be watched by the aforementioned thirty-somethings, and Aled Jones with a big bucket of coke and some hookers wondering where it all went so wrong for his much dreamed of rock career.  But thank heavens for Sky+ where you can be nostalgically reminded for the next 365 days of your childhood Christmas, and that year you didn't get the Girls World/Evil Knievil / Speak & Spell / Spirograph.

Anyway because the little darlings will miss it seeing it at the first airing Channel 4 have brought out a wonderful little app for Android, iPhone and Ipad for you to experience flying over London with a snowman first hand, which is normally only done with the again aforementioned bucket of coke.

Anyway far too many edgy jokes for a parenting blog.



The game is lovely, catch the snowflakes to extend time, let the snowdog show you different routes from Hastings upto London then on to the North Pole.  Gain bonuses by following the prompts on screen to find 10 angels, snowmen on the street or other such festive findings. The music is terrific wonderful as befitting such an icon of so many peoples childhood. It really is a wonderful little game, which will be loved by the kids and get the parents welling up with memories of Christmases past.

The best bit is this is totally free. Experience it yourself... it's better than that stupid Evil Knievil toy ever was.